Yong-joon, also spelled Yong-jun, is a Korean masculine given name.[1] There are 24 hanja with the reading "yong" and 34 hanja with the reading "joon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2] Additionally, names written with the character for "dragon" (龍) may be spelled as Ryong-jun or Ryong-joon, particularly in North Korea.
Yong-joon | |
Hangul | 용준 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yong-jun |
McCune–Reischauer | Yongjun |
People with this name include:
- Ahn Yong-joon (born 1987), South Korean actor
- Bae Yong-joon (born 1972), South Korean actor
- Jeong Yong-joon (born 1976), stage name Jang Hyuk, South Korean actor
- Kim Yong-joon (voice actor) (fl. 1990s), South Korean voice actor
- Kim Yong-jun (singer) (born 1984), South Korean singer
- Kwon Ryong-jun, coach of the North Korea national football team
See also
edit- List of Korean given names
- Kim Yong-jun (footballer) (born 1983), North Korean footballer, whose name is spelled differently (김영준) in Hangul
References
edit- ^ "용준, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.