Pronunciation | [tɕʰwe] or [tɕʰø] |
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Language(s) | Korean |
Origin | |
Meaning | Best, Top, Most, Pinnacle |
Region of origin | Korea |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Ch'oe, Tsoi, Chye, Chwe, Chey |
Variant form(s) | Cui, Chui, Thôi |
Choi | |
Hangul | 최 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Choe |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe |
Choi (Korean: 최; Hanja: 崔) is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population.[1] In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized as Choi, and sometimes also Chey, Choe or Chwe. Ethnic Koreans in the former USSR prefer the form Tsoi (Tsoy) especially as a transcription of the Cyrillic Цой.