Hee-soo, also spelled Hui-su, is a Korean given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Hee-soo | |
Hangul | 희수 |
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Hanja | Various |
Revised Romanization | Huisu |
McCune–Reischauer | Hŭisu |
Hanja
editArticle 44 of South Korea's Act on Registration of Family Relations gives the Supreme Court the power to define the list of hanja permitted for use in given names. Under the Supreme Court's regulations, that list consists of the Basic Hanja for educational use and a list of additional hanja permitted for use in given names. As of December 2018[update], the permitted hanja for the name Hee-soo comprise:[1]
- Hee (Korean: 희; RR: Hui; MR: Hŭi; 35 hanja): 希 喜 稀 戲 姬 晞 僖 橲 禧 嬉 憙 熹 凞 羲 爔 曦 俙 𡅕 憘 犧 噫 熙 烯 暿 譆 㜯 咥 唏 嘻 悕 欷 燹 豨 餼 巸
- Soo (Korean: 수; RR: Su; MR: Su; 83 hanja): 水 手 受 授 首 守 收 誰 須 雖 愁 樹 壽 數 修 秀 囚 需 帥 殊 隨 輸 獸 睡 遂 垂 搜 洙 琇 銖 粹 穗 繡 隋 髓 袖 嗽 嫂 岫 戍 漱 燧 狩 璲 瘦 綏 綬 羞 茱 蒐 蓚 藪 邃 酬 銹 隧 鬚 䳠 賥 豎 讎 睢 睟 瓍 宿 汓 㻽 叟 售 廋 晬 殳 泅 溲 瞍 祟 籔 脺 膄 膸 陲 颼 饈
People
edit- Park Hee-soo (born 1983), South Korean baseball pitcher
- Randi Heesoo Griffin (born 1988), American ice hockey player
- Colde (born Kim Hee-soo, 1994), South Korean singer-songwriter
- Byun Hui-su (1998–2021), South Korean transgender soldier
- Cho Hee-soo (born 2000), South Korean figure skater
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 규칙 [Regulations on Registration of Family Relations] (Regulation 2954) (in Korean). 29 January 2021.