Soo-kyung, also spelled Soo-kyeong or Su-kyung, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 67 hanja with the reading "soo" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Soo-kyung
Hangul
수경
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationSu-gyeong
McCune–ReischauerSugyŏng

People with this name include:

Arts and literature
  • Sumi Jo (born Jo Soo-kyung, 1962), South Korean female opera singer
  • Heo Su-gyeong (born 1964), South Korean male poet
  • SEO (artist) (born Seo Soo-kyoung, 1977), South Korean female painter
  • Sue Son (Korean name Son Sue-kyung; born 1985), South Korean-born British female violinist
  • Hong Soo-kyung, South Korean female cellist, member of the Trio con Brio Copenhagen
Entertainers
Sportspeople
Others

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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