Editing Hanja (section)

===Personal names===
[[Korean name|Korean personal names]], including all [[List of Korean surnames|Korean surnames]] and most [[List of Korean given names|Korean given names]], are based on Hanja and are generally written in it, although some exceptions exist.<ref name="BAS" /> On business cards, the use of Hanja is slowly fading away, with most older people displaying their names exclusively in Hanja while most of the younger generation using both Hangul and Hanja. Korean personal names usually consist of a one-character family name ({{Transliteration|ko|seong}}, {{Korean|hangul=성|hanja=姓|labels=no}}) followed by a two-character given name ({{Transliteration|ko|ireum}}, {{lang|ko|이름}}). There are a few two-character family names (e.g. {{Korean|hangul=남궁|hanja=南宮|labels=no}}, {{Transliteration|ko|Namgung}}), and the holders of such names—but not only them—tend to have one-syllable given names. Traditionally, the given name in turn consists of one character unique to the individual and one character shared by all people in a family of the same sex and generation (see [[Generation name]]).<ref name="BAS" />

During the [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese administration]] of Korea (1910–1945), Koreans [[Sōshi-kaimei|were forced to adopt Japanese-style names]], including [[kun'yomi|polysyllabic readings]] of the Hanja, but this practice was reversed by post-independence governments in Korea. Since the 1970s, some parents have given their children [[given names]] that are simply native Korean words. Popular ones include {{Transliteration|ko|Haneul}} ({{lang|ko|하늘}})—meaning 'sky'—and {{Transliteration|ko|Iseul}} ({{lang|ko|이슬}})—meaning 'morning dew'. Nevertheless, on official documents, people's names are still recorded in both Hangul and  Hanja.<ref name="BAS" />