Gun, also spelled Geon, Kŏn, Keon, Gon, Kuhn, or Kun, is a single-syllable masculine
Korean given name, as well as an element in some two-syllable given names. The meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write it.
Hanja
There are 15 hanja with this reading, and
variant forms of two of those, on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:[1]
In the 2000s, one given name containing this element,
Kun-woo, was a popular name for newborn baby boys in South Korea.[3] Other given names containing this element include:
^"인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. p. 2. Archived from
the original(PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
^Specifically, the old name of the South Xinbu River (南新埠河) in
Jingmen City,
Hubei. See
"建水". cidianwang.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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