Re ask: Will Lim be 임 or 림?
ref : https://www.italki.com/question/368793
I'm still confused to whether which one to use,
others say 림 others say 임,
1. I'm not Korean, I'm a Filipino ( Philippines ) the Lim surname is from our chinese ancestor
2. The "L" in Lim is pronunced
in romanization if my surname was 림 would it become Lim or Rim?
임 would instantly become Lim though.
Sorry if I'm repeating the question again.
1. 16th century ~ 1990s: 林 - 임
2. From 1990s:
In 1990s, the rules of orthography for Chinese names changed.
For the people who are before the modern age, we still avoid ㄹ as an onset of a syllable. 李 and 林(리and 림 in Korean pronunciation system), therefore, are still 이 and 임 when they are at the onset of a syllable.
For the people who are of the modern age, we recognize and accept / l, r / in their names. Some examples:
1) o o 林
王健林(Wáng Jiànlín) : 왕젠린
* 중국 기업가(1954- ). 완다(萬達, Wàndá) 그룹 창립자·회장.
2) 林 o o
林語堂(Lín Yǔtáng) : 린위탕
* 중국의 작가·문명 비평가(1895 -1976).
The name of this Chinese writer had been 임어당 until it changed into 린위탕 in 1990s in Korea.
From the official website for the Korean Language;
http://www.korean.go.kr/front/foreignSpell/foreignSpellList.do?mn_id=96&pageIndex=1
September 15, 2016
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Since its your name, you can choose however you want but recognize that Koreans might not have an L sound like you are used to hearing.
September 14, 2016
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