Yeo-jin
| Yeo-jin | |
| Hangul | 여진 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 汝珍, 麗珍, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Yeo-jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏchin |
Yeo-jin is a Korean feminine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
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:
People
People with this name include:
- Hong Yeo-jin (born 1958), South Korean actress
- Kim Yeo-jin (born 1972), South Korean actress
- Choi Yeo-jin (born 1983), South Korean-born Canadian actress
- Yeojin Bae, South Korean-born Australian fashion designer
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Gook Yeo-jin, in 2014 South Korean television series Cunning Single Lady
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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