# Byung

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For the South Korean military rank, see [byeong](/source/Byeong).

**Byung** is a Latin-alphabet spelling of a common syllable in [Korean given names](/source/Korean_given_name). The meaning differs based on the [hanja](/source/Hanja) used. There are 17 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; the most common ones are listed in the table at right.[1] Names which begin with this syllable include:

- [Byung-chul](/source/Byung-chul)
- [Byung-hee](/source/Byung-hee)
- [Byung-ho](/source/Byung-ho)
- [Byung-hoon](/source/Byung-hoon)
- [Byung-hun](/source/Byung-hun)
- [Byung-joon](/source/Byung-joon)
- [Byung-woo](/source/Byung-woo)
- [Byung-wook](/source/Byung-wook)

## References

1. ["인명용 한자표"](http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf) [Table of hanja for use in personal names]. South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 19. Retrieved 2013-10-17.

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