Geun, also spelled Gun, Keun, or Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable names.
Family name
As a family name, Geun is written with one hanja, meaning "axe" (斤; 도끼 근), also the name of the unit of weight sometimes called "catty" in English. It has one bon-gwan: Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is today South Korea.[1] The fffhf
2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 242 people with this family name.[2]
Given name
Hanja
As a given name or name element, the meaning of "geun" differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 18 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:[3]
^"성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
^"인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
Surname list
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Name list
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