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THE CHARACTERS AND THEIR HANJA NAME MEANINGS "Your real name is Kim Sun? Which Hanja characters do you use?" -Kim Shin, to Sunny [Ep 9]
Listing what we've already known, and surmising what we don't know, because it is the Hanja, rather than the Hangul, that determines a name meaning. The following three are the names with established Hanja characters. KIM SHIN The conversation between Chairman Yoo and Secretary Kim (Ep 9) helped establishing the Hanja characters for Kim Shin's name. The Chairman said the name essentially means "to believe", but the Hanja themselves provide a deeper insight. - 金 (kim) = gold; iron (Note: generally it refers to any precious metal of the ancient Chinese era)
- 信 (shin) = to believe, belief, trust, to profess faith in (Note: the character consists of two characters, 人("man") and 言("speech") = a person's truthful words. The character implies that a man with this name is one who stays true to his promises)
---> TO STRONGLY BELIEVE; A STAUNCH BELIEF; STEADFASTNESS WANG YEO As this was a name Kim Shin wrote down (Ep 8), there would be no mistaking the Hanja. Yet the "dawn" meaning is a new discovery for me. - 王 (wang) = king (Note: the three horizontal strokes are Heaven, Man and Earth. The vertical stroke is the king. A king, therefore, has to connect Heaven, Man, and Earth. This implies that a king's failure in maintaining this sacred connection/carrying out the mandate of Heaven, will result in Heavenly punishment)
- 黎 (yeo) = dark; black; many people; commoners; dawn
--> THE DARK KING, THE BLACK KING, THE KING OF MANY PEOPLE , THE KING [WHO CAME AT?] DAWN ________________________________
KIM SUN Written side by side with Wang Yeo's name (Ep 8), this name's Hanja characters were verified as well. - 金 (kim)= gold; iron
- 善 (sun) = virtuous; good; kind; charitable; kindness (Note: the character is formed by two other characters, 誩 ("say a lot") and 羊 ("goat" [= sacrifice, soft speech], implying that the person always speaks in kindness and is selfless/self-sacrificing)
--> GOLDEN VIRTUE; GOLDEN KINDNESS; TRUE/GOLDEN SELFLESSNESS YOO DEOK HWA Surmising that his given and surname are that of Andy Lau (Ep 5)'s, as well as the "Yoo" in Gong Yoo's name, here is what I believe are the Hanja characters in Deok-hwa's name. - 劉 (yoo) = old Chinese surname "Liu"; to kill; to conquer
- 德 (deok) = morality; ethics; virtue
- 華 (hwa) = illustrious; magnificent; flowery; to flourish; to prosper (Note: the character consists of elements 艹 ( "grass") + 匚 ("basket", "sieve"), which referred to a container for herbs, plants, leaves for traditional medicines. In ancient times, one travels to the countryside. Naming a person in this character implies a hope for a distant yet encompassing journey.)
---> TO CONQUER [BY] ILLUSTRIOUS VIRTUE; TO CONQUER [BY] MAGNIFICENT MORALITY; TO [EMBARK ON A] JOURNEY ON [THE PATH OF/TO] VIRTUE JI EUN TAK There are two Hanjas for the Ji surname, 26 Hanjas for the Eun given name (2 of them being the commonly used ones), and one for the Tak surname (not given name). So I had to search through the database, to find those that make more sense. - 池 (ji) = pool; pond; a surname
Or - 智 (ji) = wisdom; intellect (Note: originally means "what is to know", implying that a person with this name seeks knowledge). Personally, I prefer this one because of Eun-tak's intelligence.
- 恩 (eun) =favor; grace; love; kindness (Note: the character is formed from the character 心 ("heart") and phonetic 因 ("to follow", "cause"), implying that the person is kind-hearted)
Or I'm leaning more towards the first one. Or - 倬 (tak) = bright; beautiful
Both Hanja characters could work, but to my knowledge, the first one is more commonly used (albeit as a surname) ---> WISDOM AND BEAUTIFUL GRACE; WISDOM AND OUTSTANDING KINDNESS; WISE, BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFUL; WISE, KIND, AND BRIGHT/BEAUTIFUL
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