Jung-woo is a Korean unisex given name.

Jung-woo
Hangul
정우
Hanja
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Revised RomanizationJeong-u
McCune–ReischauerChŏng'u

Hanja

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Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" 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:

  • (바를 정 bareul jeong, 벗 우 beot u): "upright friend". The same characters are also used to write the Japanese given name Masatomo.[2]
  • (바를 정 bareul jeong, 집 우 jip u): "upright house". The same characters are also used to write the Japanese given name Masataka.[2]

People

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People with this name include:

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Han Jeong-woo, in 2004 South Korean television series April Kiss
  • Seo Jung-woo, in 2005 South Korean television series My Girl
  • Lee Jung-woo, in 2010 South Korean television series Athena: Goddess of War
  • Han Jung-woo, in 2012 South Korean television series Missing You
  • Do Jung-woo, in 2015 South Korean television series Angry Mom

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2015.