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Kyung sook

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Hangul
  
경숙

Revised Romanization
  
Gyeong-suk

Hanja
  
京淑 and others

McCune–Reischauer
  
Kyŏngsuk

Kyung-sook is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 13 hanja with the reading "sook" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Kyung-sook was the seventh-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1950, rising to fifth place by 1960.

People with this name include:

  • Jeong Gyeong-suk (born c. 1945), South Korean flight attendant, one of the unreturned victims of the 1969 Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking
  • Shin Kyung-sook (born 1963), South Korean writer
  • Ri Kyong-suk (리경숙, born 1970), North Korean singer
  • Jin Gyeong-suk (1980–2005), North Korean defector
  • Hong Kyung-suk (born 1984), South Korean football player
  • Kim Kyong-suk (born 1988), North Korean volleyball player

    • References

    Kyung-sook Wikipedia
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