GOT7

The Meaning of K-pop Artists’ Names: A Fact File
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Note: Members from countries other than Korea have had their names translated in their native languages.

 

JB (Lim Jae-beom): 林在範

Jae > 在 (있을 재): To have/To be

Beom > 範 (법 범): The law

Overall meaning: To have/be the law

 

Mark 

English: Mark Yi-En Tuan

Mark: War-like

 

Chinese (Mandarin): Duan Yi En (段宜恩)

Yi > 宜: Appropriate, Suitable

En > 恩: Kindness, Mercy

Overall meaning: Appropriate mercy

 

Jackson 

Chinese (Cantonese): Wang Ka Yee (王嘉爾)

Ka> 嘉: Excellent, Auspicious

Yee > 爾: You

Overall meaning: An excellent/auspicious you

 

English: Jackson Wang

Jackson: Son of Jack

 

Jinyoung (Park Jin-young): 朴珍榮

Jin > 珍 (보배 진): Treasure

Young > 榮 (영화(하다) 영): To be glorious

Overall meaning: Glorious treasure

 

Youngjae (Choi Young-jae): 崔榮宰

Young > 榮 (영화 영/꽃 영):Glory/Flower

Jae > 宰 (재상 재): A minister in the Joseon dynasty

Overall meaning: The glory of a minister

 

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Chapter 1: Can you please do Loona or Twice next?
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