Geun

Geun (Korean: 근), also spelled Gun, Keun, or Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, an element in some two-syllable names, and a historical Korean unit of measurement for weight.

Family name

As a family name, Geun is written with one hanja, meaning "axe" (斤; 도끼 근), also the name of the unit of weight sometimes called "catty" in English. It has one bongwan: Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is today South Korea.[1] The 2000 South Korean census enumerated that there were 242 people with this family name.[2]

Given name

People with the single-syllable given name Geun include:

  • Kwŏn Kŭn (1352–1409), early Joseon Dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar
  • Ri Gun, North Korean diplomat

As name element

Korean given names containing the element "geun" include:

Unit of measure

The actual weight of a geun 근(斤) varies depending on context with ranges from 200 grams to 600 grams and a typical weight of 375 grams. These and further details can be found at Wikipedia's article concerning Korean units of measurement.

See also

References

  1. ^ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean family]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. ^ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
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