Hwa-young
Hwa-young (화영) is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" and 34 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
| Hwa-young | |
| Hangul | 화영 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hwayeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwayŏng |
| IPA | [ɸwa̠jʌ̹ŋ] |
People with this name include:
- Lee Hwa-young (fencer), South Korean fencer, bronze medalist in fencing at the 1994 Asian Games
- Lim Hwa-young (born 1984), South Korean actress
- Ryu Hwa-young (born 1993), South Korean singer, former member of T-ara
- Lee Hwa-young (born 1996), South Korean singer, former member of Boys24/Unit Sky
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Hwa-yeong, the protagonist of 1986 South Korean film Gilsoddeum
References
- "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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