What words are commonly used by Koreans in naming?

1. Jun

It means outstanding intelligence, nobility, excellence, strength, and bravery. It also means freshness, elegance, excellence, and majesty.

2. Constitution

Represents self-discipline, self-restraint, and reverence. The meaning of the Constitution also implies awe-inspiring righteousness and all-round majesty.

3. People

Represents stability, awe, purity, hope, and wishes. It also means all-round majesty, integrity, prosperity, and honor.

4. Courage

It means courage, courage, and daring to do something. It also means bravery, decisiveness, fearlessness, and perseverance.

5. He

It represents brilliance, prosperity, grandness, high prestige and momentum, and also means brilliance, kingly style, and fame.

6. Yun

It means honesty, truthfulness, fairness, and appropriateness. It also means honesty and trustworthiness, fairness and incorruptibility, and permission to be civil and military.

7. Tai

Represents auspiciousness, peace, grandeur, and broadness, implying that Tai is healthy, profound, and auspicious.

The reason why Koreans use Chinese names

This is related to the basic characteristics of the Korean language. Korean is a prophecy developed from the proverb invented by King Sejong the Great. In essence, Hangul is a pinyin script. If Chinese characters are not used to distinguish them, there will be a large number of duplicate names.

For example, there are two members of South Korea’s 20th National Assembly: Kim Sung-tae and Kim Sung-tae. The names of these two congressmen are actually the same if they are written in Korean. If Chinese characters are not used when naming, it will affect people's daily life.

Based on practical reasons, South Korea finally decided to retain Chinese characters on ID cards. This was the ruling of the South Korean Supreme Court.