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Jung-hee
Hangul
정희
Hanja
Masculine: , , and others Feminine: , , , and others
Revised RomanizationJeong-hui
McCune–ReischauerChŏnghŭi

Jung-hee, also spelled as Jeong-hee, Jeong-hui, Chung-hee, or in North Korea as Jong-hui, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 65 hanja with the reading " jung" and 25 hanja with the reading " hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] Jung-hee was the fourth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950, falling to sixth place by 1960. [2]

People with this name include:

Artists, scholars, and writers

Entertainers

Politicians

  • Park Chung Hee (1917–1979), South Korean male general and politician, leader of South Korea from 1963 until his death
  • Lee Jung-hee (born 1969), South Korean female lawyer and politician

Sportspeople

Others

  • Lee Jeonghee (born 1963), South Korean female abacus master
  • Chun Jung-hee (born 1983), South Korean male professional computer game player

Fictional characters

  • Ryeon Jung-hee, female character portrayed by Jeon Ji-hyun in 2013 South Korean film The Berlin File

See also

References

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jung-hee
Hangul
정희
Hanja
Masculine: , , and others Feminine: , , , and others
Revised RomanizationJeong-hui
McCune–ReischauerChŏnghŭi

Jung-hee, also spelled as Jeong-hee, Jeong-hui, Chung-hee, or in North Korea as Jong-hui, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 65 hanja with the reading " jung" and 25 hanja with the reading " hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] Jung-hee was the fourth-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1950, falling to sixth place by 1960. [2]

People with this name include:

Artists, scholars, and writers

Entertainers

Politicians

  • Park Chung Hee (1917–1979), South Korean male general and politician, leader of South Korea from 1963 until his death
  • Lee Jung-hee (born 1969), South Korean female lawyer and politician

Sportspeople

Others

  • Lee Jeonghee (born 1963), South Korean female abacus master
  • Chun Jung-hee (born 1983), South Korean male professional computer game player

Fictional characters

  • Ryeon Jung-hee, female character portrayed by Jeon Ji-hyun in 2013 South Korean film The Berlin File

See also

References

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  2. ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.

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