Byeong-cheol

Byeong-cheol
Hangul	병철
Hanja	秉哲, 秉喆, and others
Revised Romanization	Byeong-cheol
McCune–Reischauer	Pyŏngch'ŏl

Byeong-cheol, or Byung-chul, Pyong-chol is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "byeong" and 11 hanja with the reading "cheol" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[1] It was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys born in South Korea in 1950.^[2]

People with this name include:

Kim Byong-cheol, South Korean taekwondo practitioner
Ri Pyong-chol (born 1948), North Korean marshal
Choi Byung-chul (born 1981), South Korean foil fencer
Byung-Chul Han (born 1959), South Korean philosopher and cultural theorist
Byung Chul Kim (born 1974), South Korean artist
Kim Byung-chul (actor) (born 1974), South Korean actor
Lee Byung-chul (1910–1987), South Korean businessman
Park Byung-chul (born 1954), South Korean former football player

^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.

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

[babyname.co.kr-2] "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.

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