Pronunciation | /ʃi/ |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Si, Shie, Shee, Sie, Sea, See |
Shi | |
Hangul | 시 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | si |
McCune–Reischauer | si |
IPA | [ɕi] |
Shi, also spelled Si, or Shie, Shee, Sie, Sea, See, is an uncommon Korean surname, an element in two-syllable Korean given names.[1] As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 56 Hanja with the reading "shi"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.