Hye-in is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "hye" and 29 hanja with the reading "in" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Hye-in in Sino Korean 惠 means "favor, benefit, confer kindness" and 仁 "humaneness, benevolence, kindness".[1]
| Hye-in | |
| Hangul | 혜인 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hye-in |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hye-in |
| IPA | [çje̞in] |
People with this name include:
- Yong Hyein (born 1990), South Korean civil society activist
- Jung Seol-bin (born Jung Hye-in, 1990), South Korean football forward
- Choi Hye-in (born 1992), South Korean badminton player
- Heyne (singer) (born Kim Hye-in, 1992), South Korean singer
- Kim Hye-in (born 1993), South Korean actress
- Lee Hye-in (born 1995), South Korean actress
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Yoon Hye-in, in 2010 South Korean television series Athena: Goddess of War
- Lee Hye-in and Ri Hye-in, in 2013 South Korean film Commitment
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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