Jin-woo
| Jin-woo | |
| Hangul | 진우 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 珍友, 眞宇, 振宇, 津宇, 鎭宇, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Jin-u |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chinu |
Jin-woo is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 43 hanja with the reading "jin" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
- Political figures
- Song Jin-woo (journalist) (1889–1945), Korean journalist and independence activist
- O Jin-u (1917–1995), North Korean soldier and politician
- Stephen Jin-Woo Kim (born 1967), American man of Korean descent imprisoned for disclosing classified information to a journalist
- Sportspeople
- Song Jin-woo (born 1966), South Korean baseball player
- Kim Jin-woo (footballer) (born 1975), South Korean footballer
- Lee Jin-woo (born 1982), South Korean football player
- Hwang Jin-woo (born 1983), South Korean auto racing driver
- Kim Jin-woo (baseball) (born 1983), South Korean baseball player
- Kim Jin-Woo (swimmer) (born 1983), South Korean-born Kenyan swimmer
- Others
- Kim Jinu (born 1971), member of South Korean music duo Jinusean
- Kim Jinwoo (born 1991), member of South Korean singer and member of boy band WINNER
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names]. South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.