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Jeong-hyo

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Jeong-hyo
Hangul
정효
Hanja
(various)
Revised RomanizationJeonghyo
McCune–ReischauerChŏnghyo

Jeong-hyo, also spelled Jung-hyo, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja

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There are 75 hanja with the reading "jeong" and 24 hanja with the reading "hyo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • (곧을 정 godeul jeong, 효도 효 hyodo hyo): "chaste and filial"
  • (바를 정 bareul jeong, 효도 효 hyodo hyo): "upright and filial"

People

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People with this name include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.