Jung (Korean given name)
| Jung | |
| Hangul | 정 |
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| Hanja |
丁頂停井正政定貞精情 靜淨庭亭訂廷程征整汀 玎町呈桯珵姃偵湞幀楨 禎珽挺綎鼎晶晸柾鉦淀 錠鋌鄭靖靚鋥炡渟釘涏 婷旌檉瀞睛碇穽艇諪酊 霆埩佂妌梃胜灯眐靘朾 侹掟頲 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng |
Jung, also spelled Jeong or Chong, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names, one of the most numerous among all Korean language syllables; 73 are listed in the table at right (two are not displayed due to encoding issues).[1]
People
People with the single-syllable name Jeong include:
- Jeong of Balhae (died 812), seventh King of Balhae
- Yi Chong (1541–1622), Joseon Dynasty painter
- Heo Jeong (1896–1988), Korean independence activist and South Korean politician
- Jang Jeong (born 1980), South Korean female golfer
- Choi Jeong (born 1987), South Korean male baseball player
- Kim Jong (table tennis) (born 1989), North Korean table tennis player
As a name element
According to South Korean government data, many names containing the element "Jung" were popular for newborn Korean boys and girls in the mid-to-late 20th century, but by 1990, no name containing this element appeared in the top 10.[2] Popular names included:
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Other names containing this element include:
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See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.