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270 Korean Surnames + Meanings

– Below the cut  are approx. 270 Korean surnames + their hanja / Sino Korean writing + their meanings – Some names have multiple hanja equivalents, in this case I included all of them – The majority of Korean given names are based on hanja as well, so you can use this list when creating OCs/KRPs – On the other hand, you can’t really to determine the meaning of the name of non-fictional individuals, since this list doesn’t cover each hanja character and Korean names not based on Sino Korean – Please like or reblog if you find it useful ♥ G 가 (Ga) 賈 - Buy, tradesman 간 (Gan) 簡 - brevity, simplicity 갈 (Gal) 葛 - edible bean 감 (Gam) 甘 - sweetness, sweet, tasty 강 (Gang) 剛 - hard, rigid, strong

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