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Lee (Korean surname)
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| Pronunciation | [iː] or [ɾiː] |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Korean |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Korean |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning |
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| Region of origin | Korean peninsula |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Ee, I, Yi, Ri, Rhee, Rhie, Reeh |
| See also | Li, Lý |
| Lee | |
| Hangul | 이 (리)[a] |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | I (Ri) |
| McCune–Reischauer | I (Ri) |
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Kim, Gim
Lee, I, Yi, Ri, Rhee, Reeh
Park, Bak, Bahk, Pak
Choi, Choe
Jung, Jeong, Chung, Cheong
Lee, I, or Yi (이) is the second-most-common surname in Korea, behind Kim (김). As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 7,306,828 people by this name in South Korea or 14.7% of the population.[1]
Historically, 李 was written as Ni (니)[2] in Korea. The spelling formally changed to I (이) in 1933 when the initial sound rule (두음 법칙) was established. In North Korea, it is romanized as Ri (리) because there is no distinction between the alveolar liquids /l/ and /r/ in modern Korean.
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- ^ "2015년 인구주택총조사 전수집계결과 보도자료" [Results of the 2015 Census of Population and Housing survey]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ For example, F. C. Ridel's Grammaire Coréenne published in 1881. https://imgur.com/oSxewU0 Also, Independence Newspaper(獨立新聞), the nation's first Korean-only newspaper in 1896. https://imgur.com/7bruwF7
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