Geun


Geun, also spelled Gun, Keun, or Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable names.

Family name

As a family name, Geun is written with one hanja, meaning "axe", also the name of the unit of weight sometimes called "catty" in English. It has one bon-gwan: Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is today South Korea. The 2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 242 people with this family name.

Given name

Hanja

As a given name or name element, the meaning of "geun" differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 18 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:
  1. : nearby
  2. : diligent
  3. : roots
  4. : axe
  5. : only
  6. : to plaster with loam
  7. : clean, pure
  8. : Hibiscus syriacus flower
  9. : beautiful jade
  10. :
  11. : tendon
  12. : strength
  13. : subtle
  14. : water parsley
  15. : pansy
  16. : see
  17. : starve
  18. : abstinence, prudence

    People

People with the single-syllable given name Geun include:
Korean given names containing the element "geun" include: