Ju | |
Hangul | 주 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Ju |
McCune–Reischauer | Chu |
Ju ( [tɕu]), also spelled Joo or Chu, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
As a family name, Ju may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "red" ( 朱; 붉을 주), and the other meaning "around" ( 周; 두루 주). The former has one bon-gwan ( Wu Yuan, China), while the latter has four ( Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do; Chogye-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do; Cheorwon-gun, Gangwonnam-do; and Anui-myeon, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do). [1] The 2000 South Korean census found 215,010 people with this family name. [2]
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 50.6% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ju in their passports, and another 46.9% spelled it as Joo. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.4%) included Chu and Choo. [3]
People with these family names include:
There are 56 hanja with the reading "ju" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table at right. [4] One name containing this syllable, Eun-ju, was the sixth-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1970. [5]
Names beginning with this syllable include:
Names ending with this syllable include:
People with the single syllable given name Ju include:
Ju | |
Hangul | 주 |
---|---|
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Ju |
McCune–Reischauer | Chu |
Ju ( [tɕu]), also spelled Joo or Chu, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
As a family name, Ju may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "red" ( 朱; 붉을 주), and the other meaning "around" ( 周; 두루 주). The former has one bon-gwan ( Wu Yuan, China), while the latter has four ( Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do; Chogye-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do; Cheorwon-gun, Gangwonnam-do; and Anui-myeon, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do). [1] The 2000 South Korean census found 215,010 people with this family name. [2]
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 50.6% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ju in their passports, and another 46.9% spelled it as Joo. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.4%) included Chu and Choo. [3]
People with these family names include:
There are 56 hanja with the reading "ju" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table at right. [4] One name containing this syllable, Eun-ju, was the sixth-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1970. [5]
Names beginning with this syllable include:
Names ending with this syllable include:
People with the single syllable given name Ju include: