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Seong Gi-hun, the main character of the television series
465:(born 1983), South Korean football goalkeeper (K League 1)
447:(born 1980), South Korean football goalkeeper (K League 1)
563:(born 1968), American classical pianist of Korean descent
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569:(born 1975), South Korean classical conductor
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304:(1753–1786), Joseon Dynasty concubine
386:(born 1981), South Korean pop singer
322:(born 1963), South Korean politician
298:(1535–1598), Joseon Dynasty official
292:(1461–1513), Joseon Dynasty official
286:(died 1456), Joseon Dynasty official
280:(1418–1456), Joseon Dynasty official
608:, in Japanese fighting game series
260:based on 2007 application data for
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316:(born 1935), North Korean defector
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362:(born 1975), South Korean actress
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477:(born 1990), South Korean curler
662:basic hanja for educational use
587:, South Korean fashion designer
489:(born 1992), South Korean luger
380:(born 2000), South Korean actor
368:(born 1968), South Korean actor
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1746:"한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?"
1725:"한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?"
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592:Fictional characters
223:, a single-syllable
170:Revised Romanization
28:Seung (Korean name)
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451:Sung Min (swimmer)
256:In a study by the
251:Changnyeong County
221:Korean family name
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1664:. 2003-12-11
1652:
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1637:the original
1584:
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1439:
1403:Seong-gyeong
1360:
1285:
1232:
1191:
1175:
1167:): "bright"
1147:): "victory"
1124:jaemul seong
1043:): "library"
916:
849:salpil seong
828:
796:
764:
758:): "castle"
734:
659:
648:
633:How To Fight
631:
623:
615:
610:Soul Caliber
609:
598:
579:Mikyung Sung
537:Jung Mo Sung
524:Wonyong Sung
481:Sung Ji-hyun
433:Sung Han-soo
427:Sung Hee-jun
360:Sung Hyun-ah
354:Song Hye-rim
345:Sung Han-bin
339:Sung Dong-il
302:Ui-bin Seong
255:
244:
234:
216:
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198:
197:
76:
75:
66:
65:
1804:Given names
1780:family name
1633:"성씨인구분포데이터"
1594:ear radical
1552:hook stroke
1502:(masculine)
1496:(masculine)
1490:(masculine)
1478:(masculine)
1472:(masculine)
1454:(masculine)
1448:(masculine)
1435:(masculine)
1429:(masculine)
1417:(masculine)
1399:(masculine)
1375:(masculine)
1369:(masculine)
1357:(4th place)
1346:(6th place)
1335:(8th place)
1316:(7th place)
1305:(6th place)
1294:(9th place)
1144:biril seong
1104:biril seong
1040:seogo seong
1020:ggael seong
980:okbit seong
909:byeol seong
606:Seong Mi-na
531: 1954
499:Sung Nak-so
469:Sung Si-bak
415:Sung Jung-a
378:Sung Yu-bin
349:Zerobaseone
326:Sung Jae-gi
320:Sung Yun-mo
290:Seong Huian
284:Seong Seung
231:Family name
205::
73:: "succeed"
1798:Categories
1776:given name
1752:2012-11-09
1731:2012-11-09
1695:22 October
1668:2013-10-30
1643:2013-05-28
1616:References
1423:(feminine)
1411:(feminine)
1393:(feminine)
1251: 523
1084:badi seong
892:): "voice"
889:sori seong
723:irul seong
625:Squid Game
573:Steve Sung
555:Kiwan Sung
543:Doris Sung
384:Sung Yu-ri
366:Sung Ji-ru
308:Sung Jusik
1772:Name list
1452:Hae-seong
1433:Sung-yong
1421:Sung-sook
1397:Sung-keun
1379:Seong-han
1367:Sung-chul
1355:Sung-hyun
1344:Sung-hoon
1329:Sung-hoon
1274:Gim Seong
1192:(variant)
1188:成
1176:(variant)
1087:): "reed"
1065:orangutan
912:): "star"
872:): "sage"
829:(variant)
797:(variant)
793:誠
765:(variant)
762:城
755:jae seong
735:(variant)
731:成
585:Lea Seong
561:Hugh Sung
296:Seong Hon
159:城
156:誠
150:成
1809:Surnames
1658:"한국성씨일람"
1508:See also
1500:Woo-sung
1494:Tae-sung
1488:Oh-seong
1484:(unisex)
1482:Jin-sung
1476:Jae-sung
1466:(unisex)
1464:Hye-sung
1460:(unisex)
1458:Hee-sung
1446:Dae-sung
1427:Sung-woo
1415:Sung-nam
1405:(unisex)
1391:Seong-ja
1387:(unisex)
1385:Sung-hee
1381:(unisex)
1351:Sung-min
1340:Sung-min
1333:Sung-min
1325:Sung-jin
1314:Sung-soo
1299:Sung-soo
1263:Jin Xing
825:盛
246:bon-gwan
153:盛
1470:Il-sung
1409:Sung-mi
1373:Sung-ha
1321:Sung-ho
1310:Sung-ho
1303:Sung-ho
1292:Sung-ki
1785:If an
1349:1990:
1338:1980:
1319:1970:
1308:1960:
1297:1950:
1290:1940:
1271:;
1229:People
1217:;
1161:;
1141:;
1121:;
1101:;
1081:;
1057:;
1037:;
1017:;
997:;
977:;
957:;
954:아름다울 성
937:;
934:옥 이름 성
906:;
886:;
866:;
846:;
814:;
782:;
752:;
720:;
700:;
680:;
526:(born
203:Korean
42:Hangul
22:, see
1687:[
1525:Notes
1214:붉은말 성
1054:성성이 성
994:깨달을 성
645:Hanja
506:Other
391:Sport
199:Seong
176:Seong
58:Hanja
36:Seong
1697:2015
1158:밝을 성
1138:비릴 성
1118:재물 성
1098:비릴 성
1078:바디 성
1063:): "
1034:서고 성
974:옥빛 성
883:소리 성
863:성인 성
843:살필 성
811:성할 성
779:정성 성
717:이룰 성
697:성품 성
677:성씨 성
217:Sung
213:Song
190:Sŏng
1014:깰 성
903:별 성
749:재 성
215:or
1800::
1782:.
1624:^
1608:).
1559:^
1533:^
1268:김성
1248:c.
1200:𦖤
921::
664::
528:c.
249:,
144:𦖤
1755:.
1734:.
1699:.
1671:.
1646:.
1605:星
1602:耳
1599:⿱
1548:丁
1265:(
1246:(
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1208:騂
1185:日
1182:⿱
1172:晠
1155:(
1152:晟
1135:(
1132:胜
1115:(
1112:貹
1095:(
1092:腥
1075:(
1072:筬
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1048:猩
1031:(
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1011:(
1008:醒
991:(
988:惺
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208:성
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147:騂
141:晟
138:胜
135:貹
132:腥
129:筬
126:猩
123:宬
120:醒
117:惺
114:瑆
111:娍
108:珹
105:星
102:聲
99:聖
96:省
93:盛
90:誠
87:城
84:性
81:姓
71:成
49:성
19:常
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