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Hangul
  
성경

Revised Romanization
  
Seong-gyeong

Hanja
  
聖經 and others

McCune–Reischauer
  
Sŏng'gyŏng

Seong-gyeong, also spelled Sung-kyung, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

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Hanja

There are 27 hanja with the reading "seong" and 54 hanja with the reading "gyeong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • 聖經 (성인 성 seong-in seong, 글 경 geul gyeong): "holy book". This is the given name of actress Lee Sung-kyung; her parents chose these hanja for her name to reflect their Christian religion.
  • 誠敬 (정성 성 jeongseong seong, 공경 경 gong-gyeong gyeong): "sincere and respectful". These characters are also used to write the masculine Japanese given name Tomotaka.

    • People

    People with this name include:

  • Kim Sung-kyung (born 1972), South Korean female television personality
  • Hari (singer) (born Jeong Sung-kyung, 1990), South Korean singer
  • Lee Sung-kyung (born 1990), South Korean actress

    • Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Hwang Seong-gyeong, male character in the Soul series of fighting games

    • References

    Seong-gyeong Wikipedia
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