# Geun

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**Geun** (Korean: 근), also spelled **Gun**, **Keun**, or **Kun**, is a rare [Korean family name](/source/Korean_family_name), a single-syllable [Korean given name](/source/Korean_given_name), an element in some two-syllable names, and a historical Korean unit of measurement for weight.

## Family name

As a family name, Geun is written with one hanja, meaning "axe" (斤; 도끼 근), also the name of the unit of weight sometimes called "[catty](/source/Catty)" in English. It has one *[bongwan](/source/Bongwan)*: [Cheongju](/source/Cheongju), [Chungcheongbuk-do](/source/Chungcheongbuk-do), in what is today [South Korea](/source/South_Korea).[1] The 2000 South Korean census enumerated that there were 242 people with this family name.[2]

## Given name

People with the single-syllable given name Geun include:

- [Kwŏn Kŭn](/source/Kw%C5%8Fn_K%C5%ADn) (1352–1409), early Joseon Dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar
- [Ri Gun](/source/Ri_Gun), North Korean diplomat

## As name element

Korean given names containing the element "geun" include:

- [Dong-geun](/source/Dong-geun)
- [Jae-geun](/source/Jae-geun)
- [Soo-geun](/source/Soo-geun)
- [Young-geun](/source/Young-geun)

## Unit of measure

The actual weight of a geun 근(斤) varies depending on context with ranges from 200 grams to 600 grams and a typical weight of 375 grams. These and further details can be found at Wikipedia's article concerning [Korean units of measurement](/source/Korean_units_of_measurement).

## See also

- [List of Korean family names](/source/List_of_Korean_family_names)
- [List of Korean given names](/source/List_of_Korean_given_names)

## References

1. ["한국성씨일람"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131031230857/http://gojun.knu.ac.kr/search_read.html?orderbystr=parents%20desc,pos&id=3524&searchstr=%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%84%B1%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%8C&qu=title&page=1&list_no=1) [List of Korean family]. [Kyungpook National University](/source/Kyungpook_National_University). 2003-12-11. Archived from [the original](http://gojun.knu.ac.kr/search_read.html?orderbystr=parents%20desc,pos&id=3524&searchstr=%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%84%B1%EC%94%A8%EC%9D%BC%EB%9E%8C&qu=title&page=1&list_no=1) on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2013-10-30.

1. ["성씨인구분포데이터"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131101034812/http://sgis.nso.go.kr/pyramid/view_familyname_dmc_table.asp) [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Archived from [the original](http://sgis.nso.go.kr/pyramid/view_familyname_dmc_table.asp) on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2013-05-28.

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