Young-jin

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Young-jin
Pronunciation/jʌ̹ŋd͡ʑin/
Gender Both (masculine)
Origin
Word/name Korean
Meaning Different depending on hanja
Young-jin
Hangul 영진
Revised Romanization Yeongjin
McCune–Reischauer Yŏngjin

Young-jin, also spelled Young-jean or Yeong-jin, is a Korean given name, that is a unisex name. It was the sixth-most-popular name for South Korean newborn boys in 1960, falling to tenth place by 1970. [1] Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "young" and 43 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [2]

Unisex name given name used regardless of the persons sex

A unisex name is a given name that can be used by a person regardless of their sex. Unisex names are common in the English speaking world, especially in the United States. By contrast, some countries have laws preventing unisex names, requiring parents to give their children sex-specific names. In other countries, unisex names are sometimes avoided for social reasons such as potential discrimination, ridicule, and psychological abuse.

Hanja Korean language characters of Chinese origin

Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation. Hanja-mal or Hanja-eo refers to words that can be written with Hanja, and hanmun refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is sometimes used loosely to encompass these other concepts. Because Hanja never underwent major reform, they are almost entirely identical to traditional Chinese and kyūjitai characters, though the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters 教 and 研 are written as 敎 and 硏. Only a small number of Hanja characters are modified or unique to Korean. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in Japan and Mainland China have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters.

Young, also romanised Yeong or Yŏng, is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable unisex Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable given names. It has different meanings depending on which hanja is used to write it.

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People

People with this name include:

Entertainers

Yoo Young-jin is a South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer under S.M. Entertainment. He has produced and written songs for H.O.T., S.E.S, BoA, Shinhwa, TVXQ, The Grace, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, Shinee, f(x), EXO, Red Velvet, and NCT.

Lee Young-jin (actress) Korean actress

Lee Young-jin is a South Korean model turned actress. She starred in the film Dear Dolphin.

Sportspeople

Lee Young-jin is a South Korea football manager and former player.

Lee Young-jin is a retired South Korean football player. He was a participant at 1996 AFC Asian Cup in the U.A.E.. After professional career, He was played at K3 (amateur) during 2007–2008.

Kim Young-jin is a South Korean field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the national team in the men's tournament.

Other

Young Jin Cho is an American Christian bishop of the United Methodist Church. He was elected bishop of Southeastern Jurisdiction, Richmond Episcopal Area, at the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference held July 18–20, 2012, in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. He is the first Korean-American elected to the episcopacy in the Southeastern Jurisdiction.

Choi Young-jin South Korean diplomat

Choi Young-jin is a South Korean career diplomat who served as South Korean Ambassador to the United States from 2012-2013, when he was succeeded by Ahn Ho-young.

Young Jean Lee American theatre director and playwright

Young Jean Lee is a Korean-American playwright, director, and filmmaker. She is the Artistic Director of Young Jean Lee's Theater Company, a not-for-profit theater company dedicated to producing her work. She has written and directed ten shows for Young Jean Lee's Theater Company and toured her work to over thirty cities around the world. Lee was called "the most adventurous downtown playwright of her generation" by Charles Isherwood in The New York Times and "one of the best experimental playwrights in America" by David Cote in Time Out New York. With the 2018 production of Straight White Men at the Hayes Theater, Lee became the first Asian American woman to have a play produced on Broadway.

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Jin-young (Hangul: 진영), also spelled Jin-yeong or Jean-young, is a Korean given name, that is a unisex name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 48 hanja with the reading "jin" and 41 hanja with the reading "young" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

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References

  1. ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names](PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
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