| Pronunciation | Korean pronunciation: [h(j)ebin] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Feminine |
| Language(s) | Korean |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Korea |
| Hye-bin | |
| Hangul | 혜빈 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hyebin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hye-bin |
Hye-bin is a Korean feminine given name. Its meanings depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Hanja and meaning
There are 16 hanja with the reading "hye" and 25 hanja with the reading "bin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:
Historically, Hye-bin (惠嬪) was a title for concubines of the first rank during the Joseon dynasty, for example King Sejong the Great's concubine Hye-bin Yang or King Injong's concubine Hye-bin Jeong.[2] Such titles can be distinguished from the given name because they are placed before the surname rather than after it.
People
People with this name include:
- Jeon Hye-bin (born 1983), South Korean actress and singer
- Kim Hye-bin (born 1984), South Korean martial artist, women's sanda bronze medalist in wushu at the 2014 Asian Games
Fictional characters
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Jang Hye-bin, from the 2011 South Korean television series A Thousand Kisses
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 2013-10-17.
- ↑ 신명호 [Sin Myeong-ho] (December 2013). 《조선왕실 왕비와 후궁의 생활》 [The Lives of Queens and Concubines in the Joseon Royal Court]. National Palace Museum of Korea. pp. 72, 93. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via National Library of Korea.
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