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- ↑ "경호, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ↑ 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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