Jung-hee

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]

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

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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