Hankyeong Lee

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Hankyeong Lee is a main supporting character of **Study Group**. She is the tutor for Gamin Youn and soon is employed as a teacher for Yusung Tech High.

## Appearance

Hankyeong is a very beautiful young woman. She has long, wavy, light brown hair that is at time in a long ponytail. Her bangs are hime style cut. She has same color eyes. She is usually seen in many formal blouses or dresses.

As a student, her hair were straight.

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## Personality

Hankyeong is the pinacle of optimism and kindness. She very unselfish and wants the best of everyone and her students especially. She can be very stubborn as she risks her life for students or bans violence as she strongly believes that anyone can be changed with enough help and motivation. Which is wh her dream as a teacher is to guide students to the right path

One excellent aspect of her is her strong mentality and tenacity. Although she was very frighten and shocked of the violence against her, she was portrayed as having a glassy mentality. However, when she gets over it which is rather quick, she puts her foot down and reveals her thoughts and plans. Such as rebelling against the vice-principal who is trying to expel Gamin from school, or just by continuing to endure in various crimes such as violence, home invasion, attempted murder, and abuse of power.

Even after being stabbed by Hyeonu, she originally planned to return the next day without any problems, and even after being discharged from the hospital, she spoke with a proud face to Gamin, saying that she was like a passionate teacher from a cartoon.

## Background

She is a math teacher who was newly appointed to Yusung Technical High School on a one-year term as a contract teacher. As a college student, she was a tutor for Garmin, but quit to prepare for the civil service exam. Because she is a young and fragile female teacher, she is ignored by her students and other teachers.

She has a dream was to become a teacher who could help children move in a good direction, and to put this into practice. In the past, she was a bored and objectiveless girl but when she met and Junghwa Oh, she was influenced and became the woman she is today.

She tried to properly guide violent students, but was unable to defend herself from multiple assaults, and was barely saved by Gamin, showing her helplessness. She was later shown to be physically weak, to the point that when she was involved in a home invasion, she was quickly caught, even though she ran away down the street a while later.

## Plot Overview

### Study Group (Season 1)

#### White Lead Recruitment

Since she was stabbed by Hyeonu Lee and was hospitalized, she does not appear much. There is a scene where she is happy when Gamin comes to the hospital to introduce Jiwoo, and a scene where she is surprised to hear from detective Taeman Na that Gamin has defeated White Lead Scout, Jangho Oh.

## Relationships

**Yusung Study**

* Gamin Youn -
* Sehyun Kim -
* Heewon Choi -
* Jiwoo Lee -
* Jun Lee -
* Sunchul Kim -

**Allies**

* Junghwa Oh (mentor) -
* Taeman Na -
* Mihyun Jeon -
* Macolm -

**Students**

* Gunyeob Park -
* Hanwul Pi -
* Siwan Cheon -
* Hyeonu Lee -
* Hoonjae Lee -
* Gyujin Kim - When she saved him from being stabbed by Hyeonu, he was silently thankful and helps her and her allies. Effectively rehabilitated.
* Taeo Kang -

**Yusung Tech Faculty**

* Jongseok Kim -
* Hyeonil Kang -
* Jaecheol Jeong -
* Seokyoung Eom -

**Enemies**

* Taehwan An -
* Yeonbaek Pi -

**Others**

* Taesu Park -
* Younghyun Ji -
* Minhwan Ma -

## Abilities

* **Teaching/Tutoring Skills** -
* **Strong Mental Tenacity** - her strong mentality seems to have been acquired rather than something she was born with. As seen from her past as a student to the present. It seems that she became stronger after experiencing various events in the early part of the first semester, or that Gamin's expulsion from school or Junghwa's death became some kind of catalyst.

## Trivia

* In the live action drama of **Study Group**, she will be played by actress Jieun Han.
* She used to ranked last in school when she had no interest in studying. At this time, she was said to have lived a life of “living because you were born." At the present, she is ashamed and embarrased of it and pushes down that memory away.
* She has experienced in street casting.
* Korean readers almost always addressed her as "Teacher Hankyeong."
* Her height is likely to be around 167~8cm.
* Her number is 010-968\*-0\*1\*.
* In the beginning of Season 2, she used the Galaxy Note 8.
* Chapped lips are sometimes visible on her. It is unclear why it was depicted. In season 2, it remains slightly to the left.
* In the 2022 April Fools' Day event '#SurpriseTwist' cut, she appears as in the position of Confucian scholar Gamin 's mother, holding a sword and for some reason looking strangely scary with a smile.
* She appears quite frequently in Samsung advertisements and others created by Hyungwuk Shin, the author.
* For an events, the illustrator posted a gender bend version of some of the characters. Here, he appears as a male teacher with the same name, when Gamin, appears as a girl says that she will definitely go to physical education school, Hankyeong asks, " *What is physical education for a kid who can't even jump rope 10 times?*"
* Korean readers find her similar to Gayoon Choi, a character from **Get Schooled**.
* Considering her skills, there is a possibility that she graduated from the Department of Mathematics Education at Korea University. Which is where Kyung Choi, a character from **Friendly Competition**, is a junior in the same department. If true, Hankyeong is 5 years older than her. It is possible they could know each other in future works.
	+ Through the YLab Universe Encyclopedia, it has been confirmed that she graduated from the College of Education, and thus is certain of what her major is. However, it has not yet been revealed which college she attended.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%9D%B4%ED%95%9C%EA%B2%BD#s-5
2. ↑ Study Group, Season 1, Ep.43
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/winx2\_ryu/status/1509540969519415300