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Il (Korean name)

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Hangul
  

Revised Romanization
  
Il

Hanja
  
一日逸溢鎰馹佾佚壹劮

McCune–Reischauer
  
Il

Il is a Korean given name and name element. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

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Hanja

There are ten hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:

People

People with the single-syllable given name Il include:

  • Kim Il (1910–1984), Premier of North Korea from 1972 to 1976
  • Nam Il (1915–1976), North Korean general
  • Kim Il (1929–2006), Japanese name Kintaro Ohki, Japanese wrestler of Korean descent
  • Bak Il (born 1949), South Korean voice actor
  • Il Lee (born 1952), South Korean-born American visual artist
  • Kim Il (born 1962), South Korean pentathlete
  • Kim Il (born 1971), North Korean wrestler
  • As a given name element

    One name containing this element, Il-sung, was a popular name in Korea in the 1940s, according to South Korean government data. Other names containing this element include:

    References

    Il (Korean name) Wikipedia