Audio Name Pronunciation
Yangsook Choi |
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Yangsook Choi: Hello, my name is Yangsook Choi. My father named me. Most Korean person names usually consist of a one-character family name followed by a two-character given name like mine. The characters evolved from Chinese, and each syllable has a meaning. Yang means good, excellent. Sook means pure, clear like water, and it has a picture of water in the character. My last name, Choi, means high, like a mountain, and it has a picture of a mountain in the character. It's true to my nature as I love the earth. Yes, I have a name to live up to.
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