Sook (Korean name)


Sook, also spelled Suk, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Meaning and hanja

There are 13 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:
  1. : "uncle"
  2. : "pure"
  3. : "sleep"
  4. : "who"
  5. : "ripe"
  6. : "solemn"
  7. : "schoolroom"
  8. : name of a kind of jade
  9. : "jade bowl"
  10. : "tall and straight"
  11. : "early"
  12. : "deep"
  13. : "beans"

    Single-syllable given name

People with the given name Sook include:
In the mid-20th century, various names containing this element were popular for newborn Korean girls, including:
Other names containing this element include: