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Si-won (name)

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Si-won
Pronunciation/ʃi.wʌn/
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningdifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingShi-won, See-won
Si-won
Hangul시원
Hanja, , , and others
Revised RomanizationSi-won
McCune–ReischauerSiwŏn
IPA

Si-won, also spelled Shi-won, is a South Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 56 hanja with the reading "shi" and 47 hanja with the reading "won" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. It also means "cool" from the adjective "Shiwon-hada" in Korean.

People

People with this name include:

  • Ryu Si-won (born 1972), South Korean actor and singer
  • Choi Si-won (born 1986), South Korean actor and singer, member of boy band Super Junior
  • Lee Si-won (born 1987), South Korean actress

Fictional characters

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Sung Shi-won, female character in 2012 South Korean television series Reply 1997
  • Park Shi-won, female character in 2017 South Korean film The Discloser
  • Park Shi-won, male character in 2018 South Korean television series A Poem a Day
  • Park Si-won, female character in 2019 South Korean television series Spring Turns to Spring
  • Lee Shi-won, female character in 2019 South Korean television series Failing in Love [ko]

See also

References

  1. 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "시"
  2. 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "원"
  3. 시원하다 - Wiktionary
  4. (474) 국물 맛이 시원해요. - The Korea Times
  5. Weirdly Useful Language Differences between Korean and English - The Dankook Herald
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