Ae-jung is a Korean feminine given name. It is homophonous with the Sino-Korean word for "love" (애정; 愛情).[1] However it may also be written other ways, with different hanja for each syllable of the name. There are 14 hanja with the reading "ae" and 75 hanja with the reading "jung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[2]

Ae-jung
Hangul
애정
Hanja
Revised RomanizationAejeong
McCune–ReischauerAejŏng

People with this name include:

Fictional characters with this name include:

See also

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  1. ^ "애정". 《ET-house 능률 한영사전》 [ET House Korean–English Dictionary]. NE Books [ko]. 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2018 – via Naver.
  2. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.