Ki-jung, also spelled Kee-chung, Ki-jeong, or Gi-jung, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 68 hanja with the reading "ki" 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.[1]
| Ki-jung | |
| Hangul | 기정 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gi-jeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kijŏng |
| IPA | [kid͡ʑʌŋ] |
People with this name include:
- Sohn Kee-chung (1914–2002), Korean Olympic marathon runner of the Japanese colonial period, later a South Korean coach
- Cho Ki-jung (1939–2007), South Korean potter
- Park Ki-jung (born 1970), South Korean sprint canoer
- Kim Gi-jung (born 1990), South Korean badminton player
- Lee Ki-jeong (born 1995), South Korean curler
See also
edit- Kim Ki-jung (김기중;[2] born 2001), South Korean singer, member of boy bands IM and UNB
- List of Korean given names
References
edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
- ^ His given name is different than the one which is the topic of this article; it is pronounced [kid͡ʑuŋ], with a closed rather than open-mid back unrounded vowel in the second syllable.
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