Moon (Korean name)
{{Short description|Korean name}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 문
| hanja = Family name: {{linktext|文}}
Given names: {{linktext|問 |聞 |汶 |炆 |紋 |們 |刎 |吻 |紊 |蚊 }}{{linktext|雯 |抆}}
| mr = Mun
| rr = Mun
}}
Moon, also spelled Mun, is a Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in some two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning varies depending on the Hanja used to write it.
Family name
{{Further|List of people with the Korean family name Moon}}
As a family name, Moon is written with one hanja, meaning "writing" ({{linktext|文}}; 글월 문 geulwol mun). The 2000 South Korean census found a total of 426,927 people and 132,881 households with this family name. They identified with 47 different surviving bon-gwan (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of the clan members):{{cite web|url=http://kosis.kr/statHtml/statHtml.do?orgId=101&tblId=DT_1INOOSB&vw_cd=&list_id=&scrId=&seqNo=&lang_mode=ko&obj_var_id=&itm_id=&conn_path=K1&path=#|title=행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구|trans-title=Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals|publisher=Korean Statistical Information Service|accessdate=23 October 2015}}
- Nampyeong (Naju): 380,530 people and 118,491 households
- Gangneung: 4,646 people and 1,493 households. They claim common ancestry with the Nampyeong Moon clan through Mun Jang-pil (문장필; 文章弼), a Goryeo Dynasty military figure.{{cite web|url=https://www.djjunggu.go.kr/prog/fanmOrgn/hyo/sub03_04/view.do?orgnNo=369|title=강릉문씨|trans-title=Gangneung Moon clan|publisher=Jokbo Museum|location=Daejeon|accessdate=2 December 2015}}
- Gamcheon: 4,382 people and 1,367 households
- Papyeong (Paju): 2,687 people and 743 households
- Gyeongju: 2,609 people and 844 households
- Naju: 2,537 people and 765 households
- Hampyeong: 2,194 people and 612 households
- 40 other bon-gwan with fewer than 2,000 people each: 27,342 people and 8,496 households
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 73.5% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Moon in their passports, while another 26.4% spelled it as Mun.{{cite book|url=http://korean.go.kr/front/etcData/etcDataView.do?etc_seq=179&mn_id=46|title=성씨 로마자 표기 방안: 마련을 위한 토론회|trans-title=Plan for romanisation of surnames: a preparatory discussion|publisher=National Institute of the Korean Language|date=25 June 2009|accessdate=22 October 2015|page=61}}
Given names
=Hanja=
There are 14 Hanja with the reading Moon on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:{{cite web|url=http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|title=인명용 한자표|trans-title=Table of hanja for use in personal names|publisher=Supreme Court|publication-place=South Korea|accessdate=2013-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019110134/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf|archive-date=2013-10-19}}
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- {{linktext|門}} (문 문 mun mun): "door"
- {{linktext|問}} (물을 문 mureul mun): "to ask"
- {{linktext|聞}} (들을 문 teureul mun): "to listen"
- {{linktext|文}} (글월 문 geulwol mun): "writing"
- {{linktext|汶}} (물 이름 문 mul ireum mun): the name of a body of water
- {{linktext|炆}} (따뜻할 문 ddaddeuthal mun): "warm"
- {{linktext|紋}} (무늬 문 munui mun): "design", "pattern"
- {{linktext|們}} (들 문 deul mun): plural marker for people
- {{linktext|刎}} (목 벨 문 mok bel mun): "to decapitate"
- {{linktext|吻}} (입술 문 ipsul mun): "lips", "to kiss"
- {{linktext|紊}} (어지러울 문 eojireoul mun, 문란할 문 munnanhal mun): "dizziness", "disorder"
- {{linktext|蚊}} (모기 문 mogi mun): "mosquito"
- {{linktext|雯}} (구름 무늬 문 gureum munui mun): "cloud patterned"
- {{linktext|抆}} (닦을 문 dakkeul mun): "to polish"
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=People=
People with the single-syllable given name Moon include:
- {{ill|Chŏng Mun|ko|정문 (고려)}}, Goryeo dynasty civil official
- {{ill|Kim Mun|ko|김문 (조선)}}, Joseon dynasty civil official
- {{ill|Woo Mun|ko|우문}}, South Korean politician, member of the National Assembly
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Notable people with the surname
{{main|List of people with the Korean family name Moon}}