Definition of the names of Super Junior members

[blabby_lwy]

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.

Comments

[meiface]

Ooh these are super helpful, thank you!

Just a small note of confusion: I thought Kibum's Chinese name was "基范"?

[suxing]

And I thought Kyuhyun was 奎贤 (kui xian), and his last name is either 曹(cao) or 周 (zhou), but... I don't know. I was talking to my mom about this, and she said that even though his Chinese name be "translated" as 圭贤 ("gui xian"), there aren't very many names that have the character 圭 ("gui") in it because it sounds strange. But. I don't know, Chinese can be a very fickle language? \o\

Oh, and I've also seen Ryeowook's name written as 历旭 and 丽旭 (which means "beautiful sunrise" :D).

[superjuniorkry]

These are the Hanja based characters though, they're not translated?
They may have different Chinese characters when their names are used in China, (for easier/different pronunciation?) but these are the Hanja based off their stage names. But if this isn't where you were going, then you can ignore this! :D

[blabby_lwy]

The Hanja names I used were based on their official stage names, so they should be their correct Chinese names. A lot of fans call Ryeowook 丽旭 because "ryeo" can also be translated to 丽.

LOL I don't know what i'm saying, but yeah, lol.

At first I thought Kyuhyun was 奎贤 too but when I checked their official site, it was 圭贤.

[suxing]

Oooh, okay, I see. :) Hanja. I know next to nothing about it, other than it's Korean, but with Chinese characters, or something along those lines.

I remember seeing Chinese fans carrying signs saying 丽旭 and I remember seeing Chinese shows introducing him as 历旭, so I was just a bit confused.

And yeah, a lot of Chinese hosts call Kyuhyun 奎贤, so that would probably be where that confusion comes from. *muse*

hi...

[meiface]

ahm...i have a question...what do you mean by this ??
because i don't really understand what it means..
thanks..!!!

Re: hi...

[blabby_lwy]

I don't understand what you don't understand :( Can you clarify your question?

[blabby_lwy]

기범 can be written 基範, but SM uses 起範, which is Kibum's official name in Hanja.

[meiface]

Okay, thanks for the clarification! :)