Ji-won explained
| Ji-won |
| Gender: | Unisex |
| Meaning: | different depending on Hanja |
| Origin: | Korean |
| Alternative Spelling: | Jee-won, Chi-won |
| Hangul: | 지원 |
| Hanja: | ,,, and others |
| Rr: | Ji-won |
| Mr: | Chiwŏn |
| Koreanipa: | [dziwʌn], [tɕiwʌn] |
Ji-won, also spelled Jee-won, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji"[1] and 46 hanja with the reading "won"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- Do Ji-won (born 1968), South Korean actress
- Ye Ji-won (born 1973), South Korean actress
- Uhm Ji-won (born 1977), South Korean actress
- Eun Ji-won (born 1978), South Korean male rapper
- Ha Ji-won (born Jeon Hae-rim, 1978), South Korean actress
- Jang Ji-won (born 1979), South Korean female taekwondo practitioner
- Wang Ji-won (born 1988), South Korean actress and ballet dancer
- Yang Ji-won (born 1988), South Korean singer and actress
- Kim Ji-won (actress) (born 1992), South Korean actress
- Zior Park (born Park Ji-won, 1994), South Korean rapper
- Bobby (rapper) (born Kim Ji-won, 1995), South Korean rapper, member of boy group iKon
Sportspeople
Others
- Bak Jiwon (born 1737), Joseon Dynasty male philosopher
- Park Ji-weon (born 1934), South Korean male politician, member of the 13th National Assembly (1988–1992)
- Park Jie-won (born 1942), South Korean male politician, Minister of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism under Kim Dae-jung
- Kim Chi-won (1943–2013), South Korean female writer
- Yang Ji-won (academic) (born 1949), South Korean male chemistry professor
- Vittoria Yeo (Korean name Yeo Ji-won, born 1980), South Korean operatic soprano
See also
Notes and References
- https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EC%A7%80&idx=8 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "지"
- https://hanja.dict.naver.com/category/name?q=%EC%9B%90&idx=7 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "원"
