Hodori
| Hodori | |
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| Mascot of the 1986 Asian Games and 1988 Summer Olympics | |
| Creator | Kim Hyun |
| Species | Amur tiger |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 호돌이 |
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| Revised Romanization | Hodori |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hodori |
| Part of a series on |
| 1988 Summer Olympics |
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Hodori (Korean: 호돌이) was the official mascot of the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Summer Olympics. The stylized tiger was designed by Kim Hyun as an amicable Amur tiger.
"Ho" (호) is derived from the Korean word for tiger ("horangi", 호랑이), and "dori" (돌이) is a diminutive for boys in Korean. The name Hodori was chosen from 2,295 suggestions sent in by the public.