Jin-woo explained
| Hangul: | 진우 |
| Hanja: | ,,,,,, and others |
| Mr: | Chinu |
| Rr: | Jin-u |
| Koreanipa: | [t͡ɕinu] |
Jin-woo is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Hanja
There are 43 hanja with the reading "jin" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:
- (Korean: 보배 진, Korean: 벗 우): "treasured friend"
- (Korean: 참 진, Korean: 벗 우): "true friend". These characters are also used to write the Japanese given name Masatomo.[2]
- (Korean: 참 진, Korean: 집 우): "true home"
People
People with this name include:
Political figures
- Song Jin-woo (journalist) (1889–1945), Korean journalist and independence activist
- O Jin-u (1917–1995), North Korean soldier and politician
- Stephen Jin-Woo Kim (born 1967), South Korean-born American man imprisoned for disclosing classified information to a journalist
Sportspeople
Entertainers
- Jung Jin-woo (born 1938), South Korean film director
- Lee Jin-woo (actor) (born 1969), South Korean actor
- Jinu (born Kim Jin-woo, 1971), American rapper, member of music duo Jinusean
- Kim Jin-woo (actor) (born 1983), South Korean actor
- Park Jin-woo (born 1983), South Korean actor
- Kim Jin-woo (musician) (born 1991), South Korean singer, member of boy band Winner
- Jinjin (born Park Jin-woo, 1996), South Korean singer, member of boy band Astro
Other
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. ko. August 2007. 8 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170829123222/http://help.scourt.go.kr/nm/img/hanja/hanja.pdf. 29 August 2017.
- Book: Breen, Jim. Jim Breen
. Japanese Names Dictionary. Jim Breen. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. 2011. 2012-12-02. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121205062302/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi. 2012-12-05.
