Su-hye

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Su-hye
Pronunciation/su.hɛ/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningfrom Hanja combination, 秀(su) meaning "excellent, beautiful, flower, flowering, elegant, talent", and 惠(hye) meaning "love, grace, gentle, bright, wise, intelligent, beautiful or different depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingSoo-hye
Su-hye
Hangul
수혜
Hanja
, , and others
Revised RomanizationSuhye
McCune–ReischauerSuhye
IPA[suheː]

Su-hye, also spelled Soo-hye, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 91 hanja with the reading "su"[1] and 25 hanja with the reading "hye"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.

Notable people with this name include:

  • Haruka Igawa (born 1976, Cho Su-hye, Cho Yoshie), Japanese actress
  • Jang Su-hye [ko] (born 1988), South Korean actress, translator, art director

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