Jin-sun

Jin-sun, also spelled Jin-seon, is a Korean unisex name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the given name. There are 43 hanja with the reading "jin" and 41 hanja with the reading "sun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Jin-sun
Hangul
진선
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationJin-seon
McCune–ReischauerChinsŏn

People with this name include:

  • Kim Jin-sun (born 1946), South Korean politician, former governor of Gangwon-do
  • Yoo Jin-sun (born 1962), South Korean tennis player
  • Jung Jin-sun (born 1984), South Korean fencer

See also

  • List of Korean given names
  • Kim Jin-sun (fencer) (born 1968), South Korean female fencer, whose given name has a different vowel (진순)

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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