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The Meaning of K-pop Artists’ Names: A Fact FileThis chapter was requested by KimKwonMina.
Chorong (Park Cho-rong): Native Korean name, no Hanja characters.
Cho-rong can mean either “silk-covered lantern” or “sparkling” in Korean.
Bomi (Yoon Bo-mi): 尹普美
Bo > 普 (넓을 보): Vast/Wide
Mi > 美 (아름다울 미): Beautiful
Overall meaning: Vast beauty
Eunji (Jeong Eun-ji): 鄭恩地
Eun > 恩 (은혜 은): Grace
Ji > 地 (땅 지): Earth/Land
Overall meaning: Grace of the land
Naeun (Son Na-eun): Native Korean name, no Hanja characters.
Na-eun means “better” in Korean.
Namjoo (Kim Nam-joo): 金南珠
Nam > 南 (남녘 남): South
Joo > 珠 (구슬 주): Bead/Marble
Overall meaning: Bead/Marble of the south
Hayoung (Oh Ha-young): 吳夏榮
Ha > 夏 (여름 하): Summer
Young > 榮 (영화 영/꽃 영): A worldly glory/Flower
Overall meaning: Flower of summer
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Yukyung (Hong Yu-kyung): 洪瑜暻
Yu > 瑜 (아름다운 옥 유): Beautiful jade
Kyung > 暻 (볕 경): Sunlight
Overall meaning: The sunlight of beautiful jade
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