Chun-hwa

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Chun-hwa
Hangul
춘화
Hanja
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Revised RomanizationChun-hwa
McCune–ReischauerCh'unhwa

Chun-hwa is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja[edit]

There are four hanja with the reading "chun" and 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • (봄 춘 bom chun, 빛날 화 binnal hwa): "spring splendour"
  • (봄 춘 bom chun, 꽃 화 ggot hwa): "spring flower"

People[edit]

People with this name include:

  • Kim Chun-hwa (born 1974), North Korean short track speed skater
  • Ryang Chun-Hwa (born 1991), North Korean weightlifter
  • Pak Chun-hwa, North Korean official, chairwoman of Ripsok Cooperative Farm in Sungho County, North Hwanghae

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Ha Chun-hwa, in 2011 South Korean film Sunny

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.