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Sun-hee

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Sun-hee
Hangul
선희
Hanja
, 善姬, and others
Revised RomanizationSeon-hui
McCune–ReischauerSŏnhŭi
IPA[sʌnʝi]

Sun-hee, also spelled Son-hui or Seon-hui, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading "sun" and 24 hanja with the reading "hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

People with this name include:

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Seonhee, a main character and playable party member in the 2024 video game Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. She first appeared as a supporting character in the game's 2020 predecessor Yakuza: Like a Dragon, where she was referred to as Seong-hui. The developers of this game series later stated that this was a mistranslation from Korean to Japanese, which was then translated into English.

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 53. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ^ Slavney, Martyn Williams, Natalia (2022-11-15). "Twenty Years of Mobile Communications in North Korea - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea". 38 North. Retrieved 2024-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)