Jung-hwa or Jeong-hwa, also spelled Jong-hwa in North Korea, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "jung" and five hanja with the reading "hwa" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
| Jung-hwa | |
| Hangul | 정화 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 正化, 正花, 貞花, 静和, 晶和, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong-hwa |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng-hwa |
People with this name include:
Entertainers
edit- Uhm Jung-hwa (born 1969), South Korean actress and singer
- Kim Jung-hwa (born 1983), South Korean actress and model
- J.Fla (born Kim Jung-hwa, 1987), South Korean female singer and YouTuber
- Park Jeong-hwa (born 1995), South Korean singer and actress, member of girl group EXID
Sportspeople
edit- Lee Jeong-hwa (born 1957), South Korean female sport shooter
- Hyun Jung-hwa (born 1969), South Korean female table tennis player
- An Jung-hwa (born 1981), South Korean female handball player
- Han Jung-hwa (born 1982), South Korean male football midfielder
- Im Jyoung-hwa (born 1987), South Korean female weightlifter
- Ri Jong-hwa (born 1990), North Korean female weightlifter
- Seo Jung-hwa (born 1990), South Korean female freestyle skier
Other
edit- Choi Jeong Hwa (born 1961), South Korean male sculptor
- Won Jeong-hwa (born 1974), North Korean female spy
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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