Min-chul, also spelled Min-chol, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 11 hanja with the reading "chul" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1]
| Min-chul | |
| Hangul | 민철 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Min-cheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Minch'ŏl |
People with this name include:
- Kang Min-chol (born 1948), North Korean politician
- Jung Min-cheul (born 1972), South Korean baseball pitcher
- Kang Minchul (born 1973), South Korean yongmudo practitioner
- Park Min-chul (born 1974), South Korean handball player
- Choi Min-chul (born 1976), South Korean actor
- Back Min-chul (born 1977), South Korean football goalkeeper
- Kim Min-chul (born 1983), South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler
- Son Min-chol (born 1986), North Korean football centre back (Japan Football League)
- Jang Min-chul (born 1991), South Korean professional StarCraft player
- An Min-chol, North Korean politician
- Kang Min-chul (c.1955 – 18 May 2008), North Korean soldier and one of the three perpetrators of the 1983 Rangoon bombing. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Burma and died in prison while serving his sentence