Jung-sik
| Jung-sik | |
| Hangul | 정식 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 正植 and others |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong-sik |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏngsik |
Jung-sik, also spelled Jeong-sik, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 65 hanja with the reading "jung" and 16 hanja with the reading "sik" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People with this name include:
- Kim Jeong-sik (1902–1934), pen name Kim Sowol, Korean poet of the Japanese colonial period
- Moon Jung-sik (born 1930), South Korean footballer
- Park Jung-sik (born 1983), South Korean footballer
- Park Jung-sik (born 1988), South Korean footballer
- Won Jeong-sik (born 1990), South Korean weightlifter
- Kim Jeong-sik, South Korean politician; see List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 1950–54
See also
- List of Korean given names
- An Jung-sik (1861–1919), Joseon Dynasty writer, whose given name is spelled differently in hangul (중식)
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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