Jin-joo

Jin-joo
Hangul	진주
Hanja	珍珠 and others
Revised Romanization	Jin-ju
McCune–Reischauer	Chinju

Jin-joo, also spelled Jin-ju, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the given name. There are 43 hanja with the reading "jin" and 56 hanja with the reading "joo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.^[1] For example, the name could be written with hanja meaning "pearl" (珍珠 or 眞珠).^[2]

People with this name include:

Hong Jin-joo (born 1983), South Korean female professional golfer
JinJoo Lee (born 1987), South Korean female guitarist
Park Jin-joo (born 1990), South Korean actress
Moon Jin-ju (born 1990s), South Korean female wrestler

References

^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
^ 진주 眞珠·珍珠. Retrieved 2014-06-27. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |work= ignored (help)

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[1] "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.

[2] 진주 眞珠·珍珠. Retrieved 2014-06-27. {{cite encyclopedia}}: |work= ignored (help)

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