Geun (), also spelled Gun, Keun, or Kun, is a rare Korean family name, a Korean given name, and a historical Korean unit of measurement for weight.
Family name As a family name, Geun is written with one hanja, meaning "axe" (斤; ), also the name of the unit of weight sometimes called "catty" in English. It has one clan: 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 given name Geun include: Kwŏn Kŭn (1352–1409), early Joseon Dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar Ri Gun, North Korean diplomat
Unit of measure The actual weight of a geun () 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.
See also List of Korean family names List of Korean given names
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