Sim (Korean name)
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Sim or Shim is a Korean surname. There are six Shim clans in Korea based on six different regions. such as Cheongsong, Pungsan
Pungsan
Pungsan-eup is a town in Andong in Southeast section of South Korea. It stands on the Nakdong River to the west of Andong's city center. It lies on the standard tourist course between downtown Andong and the Hahoe Maeul folk village in Pungcheon-myeon...

, Samcheok
Samcheok
Samcheok is a city in Gangwon-do, South Korea.-Ancient age & Three Kingdom:* It was called "Siljikguk or Siljikgokguk"* 102 under the rule of Silla * 468 under the rule of Goguryeo...

, Buyu, Uiryeong
Uiryeong
Uiryeong County is a county in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. It is one of the least populated counties in Korea.In 1938, Uiryeong native Lee Byung-chull founded Samsung Group in nearby Daegu....

, and Jeonju
Jeonju
Jeonju is a city in South Korea, and the capital of Jeollabuk-do, or North Jeolla Province. It is an important tourist center famous for Korean food, historic buildings, sports activities and innovative festivals.- History :...

. The biggest Sim clan is Cheongsong; they comprise about 85% of the all those with the surname Shim. Fourteen percent of all Korean Shims are members of the Pungsan and Samcheok
Samcheok
Samcheok is a city in Gangwon-do, South Korea.-Ancient age & Three Kingdom:* It was called "Siljikguk or Siljikgokguk"* 102 under the rule of Silla * 468 under the rule of Goguryeo...

 clans. As of 2000, there were 252,255 people with this surname in South Korea, less than 1% of the population.

List of famous people

  • Shim Eun Kyeong
    Shim Eun Kyeong
    Shim Eun-kyung is a South Korean actress, who has starred in a number of television dramas, such as Hwang Jin-yi and Legend. Her education includes studying in Eonbuk Elementary School. Her hobbies are singing and taekwondo. She won the KBS Best Teen Actors category in the year 2006 and 2008...

    , actress
  • Shim Eun Jin
    Shim Eun Jin
    Shim Eun-Jin is a Korean singer and the former leader of Baby V.O.X. She was the first to leave the group at the end of 2004, publicly stating that she did not agree with the direction their record company DR Music was heading. Disappearing for a time, she re-emerged at the end of 2005 with her...

    , actress & singer
  • Shim Mina
    Shim Mina
    Shim Mina , known by her stage name, Mina , is a South Korean singer and dancer. She rose to fame at the World Cup in 2002, eventually deciding to become a K-pop singer.-Dancing career:...

    , singer
  • Shim Hyung Rae
    Shim Hyung-rae
    Shim Hyung-rae is a South Korean former-comedian and filmmaker best known for directing the 1999 re-make of Yonggary and D-War , by far the most expensive Korean movie in history...

    , film maker
  • Shim Eun Ha
    Shim Eun-ha
    -Profile:Shim Eun-ha debuted in 1994 in the basketball-themed TV drama The Last Match, and quickly became the nation's most popular and talked-about star...

    , actress
  • Shim Hye-jin
    Shim Hye-jin
    Shim Hye-jin is a South Korean actress and model. Shim was regarded as a representative actress that dominated the screen of the 1990s in South Korea. Shim started her career as a model, and entered stardom with a Coca-Cola commercial in the late 1980s...

    , actress
  • Sim Changmin
    Max (singer)
    Shim Changmin also known as Max , Choikang Changmin in South Korea, Changmin in Japan, and Shen Changmin in China and Taiwan, is a Korean singer, songwriter and occasional actor best known as one-half of South Korean musical duo TVXQ...

    , member of boyband TVXQ
    TVXQ
    TVXQ, an acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi , is a South Korean pop group formed in 2003 under SM Entertainment. In South Korea they are known as Dong Bang Shin Ki , often abbreviated by international fans as DBSK; they were later introduced in Japan as Tohoshinki under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone...

  • Shim Jeong Soo, baseball player
  • Cathy Shim
    Cathy Shim
    Cathy Shim is a Korean-American actress and film producer. She has appeared in a variety of television shows, most notably Reno 911!, MADtv and Drake & Josh. She can currently be seen in 3Way, a lesbian web series.-Television:-Filmography:-Other work:-External links:*...

    , Korean-American actress
  • Shim J, An amazing Rasian (Rasin)
  • Shim Jaeyun, Deep Run High School
  • Shim Eui-sik, ice hockey coach of Anyang Halla
    Anyang Halla
    The Anyang Halla are a professional ice hockey team based in Anyang City in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. They are one of the founding and current members of the Asia League Ice Hockey . Formed in 1994, they are the oldest professional ice hockey team, and one of only two professional teams, in South...

     and Korean hockey point record holder
  • Shim Jong Il, Funny
  • Sim Jae-Won
    Sim Jae-Won
    Sim Jae-Won is a South Korean footballer.His previous club was Busan I'Park, Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix in South Korea and Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany and Changsha Ginde in China....

    , footballer
  • Sim Soo-bong
    Sim Soo-bong
    Sim Min-kyung is South Korean singer known professionally as Sim Soo-bong. When she was a senior at Myongji University, she debuted in 1978 through MBC College Song Contest at which she performed her self-composed song "Geuddae Geu Saram" .-Personal life:She was born to a Korean traditional folk...

    , singer
  • Sim Woo-Yeon, footballer
  • Sim Bong-geun
    Sim Bong-geun
    Sim Bong-geun is an archaeologist, university professor and administrator at Dong-A University in Greater Busan, South Korea...

    , archaeologist
  • Sim Hun
    Sim Hun
    Shim Dae-Seop , more commonly known by his pen name Shim Hun, was a Korean novelist, poet, playwright and patriot.-Biography:...

    , writer
  • Sim Sa-jeong, Joseon Dynasty painter
  • Sim Kwon-Ho
    Sim Kwon-Ho
    Sim Kwon-Ho is a retired South Korean Greco Roman wrestler...

    , Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling gold medalist
  • Sim On
    Sim On
    Sim On was a Prime Minister of the Korean Joseon Dynasty, and the father of a Queen and father-in-law to King Sejong. He is most famously known for his unfortunate treason charges, which eventually led to his death and further strengthening of the royal power.-Background:Born of the Cheongsong Sim...

    , Joseon Dynasty government official

Clan of Cheongsong

The Cheongsong Shim originated from Cheongsong county in Gyeongsangbukdo. The clan's founding ancestor is General Shim hong-bu.
Shim oewn was a Prime Minister of the Korean Joseon Dynasty and was the father of a Queen and father-in-law to King Sejong. He had seven children. Shim was charged with treason to Joseon, which eventually led to his death and the consolidation of royal power.

Main generation fixed name

  • 19th : Ji(0지,0之)
  • 20th : Neung(능0,能0)
  • 21st : Ui(의0,宜0)
  • 22nd : Tak(0택,0澤)
  • 23rd : Sang(상0,相0)
  • 24th : Sub(0섭,0燮)
  • 25th : Jae(재0,載0)
  • 26th : Bo(0보,0輔)
  • 27th : Kyu(규0,揆0)
  • 28th : Yong(0용,0用)
  • 29th : Yeong(영0,寧0)
  • 30th : Ki(0기,0起)
  • 31st : Jang(장0,章0)
  • 32nd : Hu(0후,0厚)

Emblem of Cheongsong Shim

The Cheongsong Shim clan has an emblem
Emblem
An emblem is a pictorial image, abstract or representational, that epitomizes a concept — e.g., a moral truth, or an allegory — or that represents a person, such as a king or saint.-Distinction: emblem and symbol:...

 (logo). In the emblem
Emblem
An emblem is a pictorial image, abstract or representational, that epitomizes a concept — e.g., a moral truth, or an allegory — or that represents a person, such as a king or saint.-Distinction: emblem and symbol:...

, there are rivers, pines, and the Hanja for Shim. In Korea, rivers and pines signify human longevity. The circle was modeled on the Sun and the Moon, which symbolize that descendants will move forward, succeed, and be worthy of their ancestors.

Genealogical Table

In 2002, a version of Cheongsong Shim genealogical tables was published as a book. They include 10 volumes of genealogical tables, an index
Index (publishing)
An index is a list of words or phrases and associated pointers to where useful material relating to that heading can be found in a document...

, and an introduction to the history of the Cheongsong Shim clan. According to an officer of the Cheongsong Shim, they will eventually publish genealogical tables in the internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

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External links

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