Yoon (Korean surname)
Yun | |
Hangul | 윤 |
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Hanja | 尹 |
Revised Romanization | Yun |
McCune–Reischauer | Yun |
Yun (윤) is the ninth most common family name in Korea. The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yoon, Yune, or Youn. The Hanja character 尹 is defined as "eldest" in Korean which is different from the Chinese definition. The use of Hanja for personal names has become less common in Korea.
The Chinese character 尹 is also used for the surname Yǐn in China and Doãn in Vietnam. The Korean surname Yun or Youn has no relations with the Doãn surname of Vietnam or Yin of China.
Clans and history
The Papyeong (파평/坡平) Yoon clan, which has its seat in Papyeong-myeon, Paju City, is the most well-known and largest Yun clan. The clan's founding ancestor is General Yun Sin-dal, who assisted Wanggeon in founding the Goryeo Dynasty.
Yoon Gwan was a renowned general in the Goryeo Dynasty. He helped form the Byeolmuban forces to fight and defeat the Jurchen tribes in 1107.
Several Papyeong Yoon women became queens during the early Joseon Dynasty, they include Queen Munjeong and Queen Janggyeong.
Last ruling Empress, Empress Sunjeong of the Korean Empire, was from another Yoon clan, Haepyeong Yoon. The Haepyeong Yoon clan was never apart of the Papyeong clan. There are six very distinct and original Yoon family clans. Each which are different and unique in origins of their own right. The first Haepyeong Yoon was a person named Yun Chungjeong who came from China during the Goryeo Danasty. There are very few surviving Haepyeong Yoon's family members existing today.
"Empress Sunjeong was born Lady Yun of Haepyeong in Seoul and her father was Marquis Yun Taek-yeong, the Lord of Haepung."
Yun Bo-seon the second president of South Korea is a distant relative of Empress Sunjeong of the Korean Empire.
In 2002 a mummified woman with an unborn fetus was discovered in the Tomb of Yun Jeong-jeong.[1] It is believed she is the granddaughter of Yun Won-hyung the brother of Queen Munjeong.
The 2000 South Korean census found 221,433 households claiming membership in the Papyeong clan, with a total population of 713,947.
Family feud
When the tomb of Yoon Gwan was rediscovered in the 18th century, it sparked a 300-year-old family Feud between the Yoon and Shim Clan.[2][3][4][5] The reason for the feud was because a member of the Shim clan was buried uphill from Yoon Gwan's tomb.
People
- Yoon Bit-Garam, football player
- Yoon Bomi, singer, member of South Korean girl group Apink
- Yun Bong-gil, Korean independence activist
- Yoon Bora, a member of girl group SISTAR
- Yun Bo-seon, second president of South Korea
- Yoon Byung-ho, stage name: Ji Yoon-ho, South Korean actor
- Yoon Chaekyung, singer, member of South Korean girl group April
- Yoon Da-gyeong, South Korean actress
- Yoon Do-hyun, rock singer/songwriter
- Yun Dong-ju, poet active during the period of Japanese rule
- Yoon Doo-joon, singer, leader of boy band Highlight (formerly known as Beast)
- Yoon Eun-hye, actress and singer (Princess Hours, Coffee Prince)
- Yun Gwan, military general during the Goryeo dynasty.
- Isang Yun, composer
- James Yun, professional wrestler, better known under the stage name Jimmy Wang Yang
- Jean Yoon, Canadian actress and writer
- Yoon Je-kyoon, film director and producer (Sex Is Zero, Haeundae)
- Yoon Jeong-han, member of South Korean boy group Seventeen (band)
- Johnny Yune, comedian/actor (They Call Me Bruce?, The Cannonball Run)
- Yoon Do-woon, drummer of South Korean rock band Day6
- Yoon Jong-hwan, football player
- Yoon Jong-shin, singer and songwriter
- Karl Yune, actor (Memoirs of a Geisha, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid)
- Yoon Kye-sang, actor (Flying Boys, The Outlaws) and singer, member of pop music group g.o.d
- Yoon Kyun-sang, actor (Doctor Crush)
- Yoon Kyung-shin, Olympic athlete and international handball player
- Yun Mi-jin, archer and Olympic gold medalist
- Yoon Mi-rae (born Natasha Shanta Reid), hip hop/R&B singer and rapper
- Rick Yune, model and actor (The Fast and the Furious, Die Another Day)
- Sang Yoon, Korean-American restaurateur, chef and founder of Father's Office
- Yoon Sang-hyun, actor and singer (Queen of Housewives, Secret Garden)
- Yoon San-ha, member of boy band ASTRO
- Yun Seon-do, notable poet in the Joseon Dynasty
- Yoon Shi-yoon, actor (King of Baking, Kim Takgu, Flower Boys Next Door)
- Yoon So-hee, actress
- Yoon So-ho, theatre and musical actor
- Yoon Son-ha, actress (Did We Really Love?)
- Suk-min Yoon baseball player
- Yun Suk-young, footballer for South Korea and Queens Park Rangers
- Tommy Yune, writer/artist (Speed Racer) and director (Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles)
- Yun Yea-ji, figure skater
- Youn Yuh-jung, actress (Woman of Fire, The Housemaid)
- Yoon Ji-sung, member of boy band Wanna One
See also
References
- ↑ http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2002110725488&path_dir=20021107
- ↑ http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/19/news/feud.php
- ↑ http://www.cracked.com/article_19452_5-unstoppable-forces-vs.-immovable-objects_p2.html
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/2007/12/24/us-korea-feud-idUSSEO21530920071224
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/world/asia/19iht-feud.2238466.html?_r=0
External links
- Quest for perfect grave keeps Korean feud alive
- The 5 Most Epic Battles of Will That Would Not End
- 400-Year-Old Mummy Found to be Granddaughter of Queen Munjeong
- Quest for perfect grave keeps Korean feud alive - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
- Feuding Korean clans end 400-year fight over graves