Yeo-jin

Yeo-jin is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

For the Tungusic people group called Yeojin in Korean, see Jurchen people. For the Loona single, see YeoJin (single).
Yeo-jin
Hangul
여진
Hanja
汝珍, 麗珍, and others
Revised RomanizationYeo-jin
McCune–ReischauerYŏjin
IPA[jʌd͡ʑin]

Hanja

There are 15 hanja with the reading "yeo" (and additionally 19 hanja with the reading "ryeo" which are generally spelled and pronounced "yeo" in South Korea) and 48 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1]

Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • 麗珍 (고울 여/고울 려; goul yeo/goul ryeo; 보배 진; bobae jin): "beautiful treasure"
  • 汝珍 (너 여; neo yeo; 보배 진; bobae jin)
  • 余晉 (남을 여; nameul yeo, 나아갈 진; naagil jin)

People

People with this name include:

  • Hong Yeo-jin (born 1958), South Korean actress
  • Kim Yeo-jin (born 1972), South Korean actress
  • Yeojin Bae (born 1975), South Korean-born Australian fashion designer
  • Choi Yeo-jin (born 1983), South Korean-born Canadian actress
  • Jeon Yeo-jin (born Jeon Ji-ae, 1984), South Korean actress
  • Ha Yeo-jin (born 1986), South Korean actress
  • Im Yeo-jin (born 2002), South Korean singer, member of Loona

Fictional characters with this name include:

See also

References
  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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