Jin-hwan is a Korean masculine given name.[1] 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 21 hanja with the reading "hwan" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2]
Jin-hwan | |
Hangul | 진환 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jin-hwan |
McCune–Reischauer | Chinhwan |
People with this name include:
- Shinjiro Hiyama (born Hwang Jin-hwan, 1968), Zainichi Korean baseball player
- Shon Jin-hwan (born 1968), South Korean badminton player
- Kim Jin-hwan (footballer) (born 1989), South Korean football defender
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "진환, 이름검색". erumy.com. Archived from the original on 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.