Geun


Geun, also spelled Gun, Keun, or Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, an element in some two-syllable names, and a historical Korean unit of measurement for weight.

Family name

As a family name, Geun is written with one hanja, meaning "axe", also the name of the unit of weight sometimes called "catty" in English. It has one bongwan: Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, in what is today South Korea. The 2000 South Korean census enumerated that there were 242 people with this family name.

Given name

People with the single-syllable given name Geun include:

As name element

Korean given names containing the element "geun" include:

Unit of measure

The actual weight of a geun 근 varies depending on context with ranges from 200 grams to 600 grams and a typical weight of 375 grams. These and further details can be found at Wikipedia's article concerning Korean units of measurement.