Goryeo, Joseon, and the Korean Empire. Various Korean regimes officially adopted the era names of Chinese dynasties. Era names originated in 140 BCE in...

era names Regnal year Republic of China calendar Derivative systems in Sinosphere: Japanese era name Korean era name Vietnamese era name Temple name Posthumous...

the use of era names was originally derived from Chinese imperial practice, although the Japanese system is independent of the Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese...

referring to either or both modern Korean countries, and even the user's political views on the Korean conflict. The name Korea is an exonym, derived from Goryeo...

A Korean name in the modern era typically consists of a surname followed by a given name, with no middle names. A number of Korean terms for names exist...

countries, the Korean Calendar is derived from the Chinese calendar. The traditional calendar designated its years via Korean era names from 270 to 963...

borrows elements from two historical calendars used in Korea, the traditional system of Korean era names and the Gregorian calendar in which years are tied...

year"). The use of era names was common throughout the various historical states that occupied the Korean peninsula. Korean endemic eras were used from 391...

proclaimed era names, but the exact era names are not known. Chinese calendar Republic of China calendar Chinese era name Japanese era name Korean era name Vietnamese...

Choi (Korean: 최; Hanja: 崔) is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South...

(종) in Korean, and tông in Vietnamese. List of Chinese monarchs List of monarchs of Korea List of monarchs of Vietnam Regnal name Chinese era name List...

2015, there were 2,407,601 people by this name in South Korea or 4.84% of the population. The Korean family name "정" is mainly derived from three homophonous...

carrying the O surname. The earliest ancestor of the Korean Oh family is believed to be Oh Eung (Korean: 오응; Hanja: 吳應) from Silla, the son of Oh Cheom known...

Vietnamese era names were titles adopted in historical Vietnam for the purpose of year identification and numbering. Era names originated in 140 BCE in...

the Korean language name. The new name would be written and pronounced 수이; Sui in Korean. Some linguists criticize the selection of the new name, claim...

romanizations of the common Korean surname 장. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 1,021,107 people by this name in South Korea or 2.05% of the population...

Chinese era name Japanese era name Korean era name Vietnamese era name Temple name Posthumous name Rama (Kings of Thailand) Religious name As the Korean Goryeo...

North Koreans use Namchosŏn (남조선, 南朝鮮) when referring to South Korea, derived from the North Korean name for Korea, Chosŏn (조선, 朝鮮). Korean: 대한민국; Hanja: 大韓民國;...

group Le Sserafim Heo Jung-eun (born 2007), South Korean actress List of Korean family names Korean culture Xǔ (surname), where the Hanja character came...

Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most...

era. It was a period of cultural import. Continuing from the Yayoi period, the Kofun period is characterized by influence from China and the Korean Peninsula;...

Kingdoms of Korea or Samguk (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla) competed for hegemony over the Korean Peninsula during the ancient period of Korean history. During...

The Korean Won (/wɒn/ won Korean: 원; Hanja: 圓, Korean pronunciation: [wʌn]) or Korean Empire won (대한제국 원), was the official currency of the Korean Empire...

Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided...

The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953. It began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased...

Korean (South Korean: 한국어, hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is...

utilized slightly different systems, notably: Chinese eras Japanese era Korean eras Vietnamese eras A similar practice survived in the United Kingdom until...

Korean family name "하", also often spelled Hah or less commonly as Har. As of the South Korean census of 2000, there were 213,758 people by this name...

Republic of Korea in the south. The Korean War began when North Korean forces invaded South Korea in 1950. In 1953, the Korean Armistice Agreement brought about...

of names for the new era was drawn up by a nine-member expert panel comprising seven men and two women with the cabinet selecting the final name from...