What is "kyung-hwa"

Kyung-hwa, also spelled Kyung-wha or Kyong-hwa, is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading " kyung" and 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:

• Yu Kyung-hwa (born 1953), South Korean Olympic volleyball player
• Sung Kyung-hwa (born 1965), South Korean team handball player and Olympic champion
• Park Kyung-hwa (born 1984), South Korean swimmer
• Kim Kyong-hwa (born 1986), North Korean football player

• Kyung-wha Chung (born 1948), South Korean violinist
• Kyunghwa Lee (born 1968), South Korean-born American performing artist
• Han Kyeong-hwa (born 1977), South Korean voice actress
• Kang Kyung-wha, South Korean diplomat, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights