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Nam-gi
Hangul
남기
Hanja
and others
Revised RomanizationNam-gi
McCune–ReischauerNamgi

Nam-gi, also spelled Nam-ki, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are five hanja with the reading " nam" and 68 hanja with the reading "ki" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1]

People with this name include:

  • Zhao Nanqi (born 1927; in Korean Cho Nam-gi), Chinese People's Liberation Army general of Korean descent
  • Pak Nam-gi (1934–2010), North Korean official, Director of the Workers' Party of Korea's Planning and Finance Department
  • Namgi Park, South Korean professor of education

See also

References

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.