| Dong-il | |
| Hangul | 동일 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Dong-il |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tong'il |
Dong-il, also spelled Dong-ill or Tong-il, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 24 hanja with the reading "dong" and ten hanja with the reading "il" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] One pair of hanja used to write this name (東一) also correspond to a number of different Japanese given names, including the on-yomi Tōichi and kun-yomi such as Harukazu.[2]
People with this name include:
- Han Tong-il (born 1941), South Korean pianist
- Shin Dong-il (born 1968), South Korean film director
- Sung Dong-il (born 1969), South Korean actor
- Dong-ill Shin (born 1980s), South Korean-born American pianist
- Hwang Dong-il (born 1986), South Korean volleyball player
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ↑ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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