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Korean last names are 100% Sino-Korean, which means that the words were derived from a Chinese character. Some last names are spelled and pronounced the same, but if they are based on different Chinese characters, its meaning would also be different.

Baek 백 - white

Bang 방 - square, region

Choi 최 (崔 - cuī) - pinnacle, high, towering

Go 고 - high

Han 한 - country, leader, Korea

Hwang 황 - yellow

Im 임 - to be in charge

Im/Lim 임 - to carry, to endure, forest

Jang 장 - to expand section, rule, village, farmland, Jiang state

Jeon 전 - whole, complete, rice field, money, coin

Jeong 정 - large nail

Jeong 정 - Zheng (name of Chinese Kingdom)

Jeong 정 - To count

Ji 지 - pond

Jo 조 - group, companion (name of Chinese Kingdom)

Jung 정 - weight, law, Zheng state fourth

Kang 강 - ginger, sea, peaceful, happy

Kim 김 (金 - jin) - Gold

Kwon 권 - whole, complete, rice field, money, coin

Lee 이 - different, plum tree

Min 민 - to urge, push

Oh 오 - Wu state

Park 박 - Tree bark, magnolia tree

Seok 석 - stone, ancient

So 서 - calmly, quietly, west

Yoo 유 - storehouse, axe, willow tree, to approve

Yoon 윤 (尹 - yīn) - to govern

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That's all for today!
See you in my next class.