홍길동 in Korean

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{
  "etymology_text": "Hong Gildong is the protagonist of the classic Korean novel Hong Gildong jeon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Honggildong",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "洪吉童",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "洪吉童"
      },
      "expansion": "홍길동 • (Honggildong) (hanja 洪吉童)",
      "name": "ko-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "name": "Individuals",
          "orig": "ko:Individuals",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "John Doe, Jane Doe; a generic placeholder name in legal documents"
      ],
      "id": "en-홍길동-ko-name-uFrEnb3V",
      "links": [
        [
          "John Doe",
          "John Doe"
        ],
        [
          "Jane Doe",
          "Jane Doe"
        ],
        [
          "generic",
          "generic"
        ],
        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "아무개"
        },
        {
          "word": "철수"
        },
        {
          "word": "뫄뫄"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Hong Gildong jeon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɸʷo̞ŋɡiɭdo̞ŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "홍길동"
    },
    {
      "other": "[홍길동]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "홍길동"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Hong Gildong is the protagonist of the classic Korean novel Hong Gildong jeon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Honggildong",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "洪吉童",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "洪吉童"
      },
      "expansion": "홍길동 • (Honggildong) (hanja 洪吉童)",
      "name": "ko-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean placeholder terms",
        "Korean proper nouns",
        "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ko:Individuals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "John Doe, Jane Doe; a generic placeholder name in legal documents"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "John Doe",
          "John Doe"
        ],
        [
          "Jane Doe",
          "Jane Doe"
        ],
        [
          "generic",
          "generic"
        ],
        [
          "placeholder",
          "placeholder"
        ],
        [
          "name",
          "name"
        ],
        [
          "legal",
          "legal"
        ],
        [
          "document",
          "document"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "아무개"
        },
        {
          "word": "철수"
        },
        {
          "word": "뫄뫄"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Hong Gildong jeon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɸʷo̞ŋɡiɭdo̞ŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "홍길동"
    },
    {
      "other": "[홍길동]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "홍길동"
}

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"홍길동" meaning in Korean

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