Kyung-lim

Kyung-lim, also spelled Kyung-rim or Kyung-nim, is a Korean unisex given name.[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and nine hanja with the reading "lim" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[2]

Kyung-lim
Hangul
경림
Hanja
瓊林, 景林, 慶林, 炅琳 and others
Revised RomanizationGyeongnim
McCune–ReischauerKyŏngnim

People with this name include:

  • Prince Gyeongnim (1534–1602), Joseon Dynasty official and nobleman
  • Shin Kyeong-nim (born 1936), South Korean writer
  • Shin Gyeong-rim (politician) (신경림, born 1954), South Korean politician with the Saenuri Party
  • Park Kyung-lim (born 1979), South Korean entertainer and comedian

See also

References
  1. "경림, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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