Hyun-sik

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Hyun-sik
Hangul
현식
Hanja
Examples:
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Revised RomanizationHyeon-sik
McCune–ReischauerHyŏnsik

Hyun-sik is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" and 16 hanja with the reading "sik" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

People with this name include:

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Hyun-shik, male character played by Kim Yu-seok in 2000 South Korean film The Isle
  • Jung Hyun-sik, real name of Lee Doo-seok, in 2012 South Korean film Confession of Murder

References[edit]

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the e. Retrieved 25 May 2016.