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Park is a notable
Korean surname, traditionally founded by
King Hyeokgeose Park and theoretically inclusive of all his descendants. In
Chinese characters (
Hanja), it is written as , which is the simplified version of 樸(pu). The name "Park" is usually assumed to come from the Korean noun 박
bak, which means "
bottle gourd," or the Korean adjective stem 밝
balk-, which means "bright." In Chinese, it is read as follows: piáo, pǔ, pò, pō. In Korean(박), it is read as 'bak'.