Jung-eun

Jung-eun
Hangul 정은
Hanja , , , and others
Revised Romanization Jeong-eun
McCune–Reischauer Chŏng'ŭn

Jung-eun, also spelled Jeong-eun or Jong-un, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" and 26 hanja with the reading "eun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] In North Korea, soon after Kim Jong-un came to power, the North Korean government promulgated a new decree forbidding other uses of his name, and people with that name were forced to change it to conform to the new rule.[2]

People with this name include:

Entertainers
Sportspeople
Other

See also

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. Choe Sang-hun (3 December 2014). "North Korea Has Room for Only One Jong-un". The New York Times.
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