Definition of the names of Super Junior members
I've done this before and I posted it on soompi, but I'll bring it over to livejournal with some other additional info and some corrections (:
Names are not just names. They have a meaning. Every name has a meaning.
So what do Super Junior's members' names mean?
Check it out under the cut.
Definition of the names of Super Junior members ♡
Key: KOREAN NAME (Hangul); MANDARIN CHINESE NAME -- definition for each word → complete definition
Note: To find the definition of their names, we must know their hanja counterpart, aka Chinese writing system. There are more than one definition for each word. However, the following translations should be the correct definition of their names. (If not, it's on the same road, lol.) Oh, and it's all in Traditional Chinese. (:
Please credit blabby_lwy when taking out.
1) LEETEUK (이특); LI TE -- 利 (merit) 特 (special) → Meritly Special
2) HEECHUL (희철); XI CHE -- 希 (hope) 澈 (clear) → Hopeful
3) HANKYUNG (한경); HAN GENG -- 韓 (surname) 庚 (age) → Heavenly Age
4) YESUNG (예성); YI SHENG -- 藝 (art) 聲 (voice) → Art-like Voice
5) KANGIN (강인); QIANG REN -- 強 (strength) 仁 (kindness) → Humane Strength
6) SHINDONG (신동); SHEN TONG -- 神 (god) 童 (child) → Prodigy
7) SUNGMIN (성민); SHENG MIN -- 晟 (splendor) 敏 (keen) → Sharpness
8) EUNHYUK (은혁); YIN HE -- 銀 (silver) 赫 (radiant) → Radiant Silver
9) DONGHAE (동해); DONG HAI -- 東 (east) 海 (sea) → East Sea
10) SIWON (시원); SHI YUAN -- 始 (begin) 源 (origin) → Origin
11) RYEOWOOK (려욱); LI XU -- 厲 (severe) 旭 (sunrise) → Powerful Sunrise
12) KIBUM (기범); QI FAN -- 起 (rise) 範 (rule) → Rising Law
13) KYUHYUN (규현); GUI XIAN -- 圭 (jade tablet) 賢 (worthy) → Worthy Like Jade
(edit 2008/05/10: Changed Ryeowook's name from "Sharp Brilliance" to "Powerful Sunrise" because it makes sense more, lol. And I believe 旭 is a word that leans more towards "sunrise" than "brilliance".)
And just because I want to, the following are their romanized Cantonese names (and its jyutping in parenthesis).
1) LEETEUK → Lei Tak (Lei Dak)
2) HEECHUL → Hei Chit (Hei Cit)
3) HANKYUNG → Hon Gang (Hon Gang)
4) YESUNG → Ngai Sing (Ngai Sing)
5) KANGIN → Keung Yan (Koeng Jan)
6) SHINDONG → San Tung (San Tung)
7) SUNGMIN → Sing Man (Sing Man)
8) EUNHYUK → Ngan Hak (Ngan Haak)
9) DONGHAE → Tung Hoi (Dung Hoi)
10) SIWON → Chi Yuen (Ci Jyun)
11) RYEOWOOK → Lai Yuk (Lai Juk)
12) KIBUM → Hei Fan (Hei Faan)
13) KYUHYUN → Kwai Yin (Gwai Jin)
Names are not just names. They have a meaning. Every name has a meaning.
So what do Super Junior's members' names mean?
Check it out under the cut.
Definition of the names of Super Junior members ♡
Key: KOREAN NAME (Hangul); MANDARIN CHINESE NAME -- definition for each word → complete definition
Note: To find the definition of their names, we must know their hanja counterpart, aka Chinese writing system. There are more than one definition for each word. However, the following translations should be the correct definition of their names. (If not, it's on the same road, lol.) Oh, and it's all in Traditional Chinese. (:
Please credit blabby_lwy when taking out.
1) LEETEUK (이특); LI TE -- 利 (merit) 特 (special) → Meritly Special
2) HEECHUL (희철); XI CHE -- 希 (hope) 澈 (clear) → Hopeful
3) HANKYUNG (한경); HAN GENG -- 韓 (surname) 庚 (age) → Heavenly Age
4) YESUNG (예성); YI SHENG -- 藝 (art) 聲 (voice) → Art-like Voice
5) KANGIN (강인); QIANG REN -- 強 (strength) 仁 (kindness) → Humane Strength
6) SHINDONG (신동); SHEN TONG -- 神 (god) 童 (child) → Prodigy
7) SUNGMIN (성민); SHENG MIN -- 晟 (splendor) 敏 (keen) → Sharpness
8) EUNHYUK (은혁); YIN HE -- 銀 (silver) 赫 (radiant) → Radiant Silver
9) DONGHAE (동해); DONG HAI -- 東 (east) 海 (sea) → East Sea
10) SIWON (시원); SHI YUAN -- 始 (begin) 源 (origin) → Origin
11) RYEOWOOK (려욱); LI XU -- 厲 (severe) 旭 (sunrise) → Powerful Sunrise
12) KIBUM (기범); QI FAN -- 起 (rise) 範 (rule) → Rising Law
13) KYUHYUN (규현); GUI XIAN -- 圭 (jade tablet) 賢 (worthy) → Worthy Like Jade
(edit 2008/05/10: Changed Ryeowook's name from "Sharp Brilliance" to "Powerful Sunrise" because it makes sense more, lol. And I believe 旭 is a word that leans more towards "sunrise" than "brilliance".)
And just because I want to, the following are their romanized Cantonese names (and its jyutping in parenthesis).
1) LEETEUK → Lei Tak (Lei Dak)
2) HEECHUL → Hei Chit (Hei Cit)
3) HANKYUNG → Hon Gang (Hon Gang)
4) YESUNG → Ngai Sing (Ngai Sing)
5) KANGIN → Keung Yan (Koeng Jan)
6) SHINDONG → San Tung (San Tung)
7) SUNGMIN → Sing Man (Sing Man)
8) EUNHYUK → Ngan Hak (Ngan Haak)
9) DONGHAE → Tung Hoi (Dung Hoi)
10) SIWON → Chi Yuen (Ci Jyun)
11) RYEOWOOK → Lai Yuk (Lai Juk)
12) KIBUM → Hei Fan (Hei Faan)
13) KYUHYUN → Kwai Yin (Gwai Jin)