Hye-jin
Not to be confused with the similarly-pronounced Korean given name Hae-jin.
| Hye-jin | |
| Hangul | 혜진 |
|---|---|
| Hanja |
Examples include 惠珍, 慧珍, and others Hye: 辰, 眞, 進, 盡, 振, 鎭, 陣, 陳, 珍, 震, 晉, 瑨, 瑱, 津, 璡, 秦, 軫, 塵, 禛, 診, 縝, 塡, 賑, 溱, 抮, 唇, 嗔, 搢, 桭, 榛, 殄, 畛, 疹, 瞋, 縉, 臻, 蔯, 袗, 蓁, 昣, 枃, 槇, 稹, 儘, 靕, 敒, 眹 |
| Revised Romanization | Hye-jin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hyejin |
Hye-jin ' (/he̞t͡ɕin/ or /çje̞t͡ɕin/) is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 16 hanja with the reading "hye" and 47 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table at right.[1] It was the second-most popular name for baby girls born in South Korea in 1980, falling to fifth by 1990.[2]
People
People with this name include:
Entertainers
- Jang Hye-jin (born 1965), South Korean singer
- Shim Hye-jin (born Shim Sang-gun, 1967), South Korean actress
- Kim Hye-jin (born 1975), South Korean actress
- Jeon Hye-jin (actress, born 1976), South Korean actress
- Han Hye-jin (born 1981), South Korean actress
- Han Jin, full name Han Hye-jin (born 1983), South Korean fashion model
- Jeon Hye-jin (actress, born 1988), South Korean actress
- Ahn Hye-jin (born 1995), stage name Hwasa, South Korean singer, member of Mamamoo
Sportspeople
- Cho Hey-jin (born 1973), South Korean basketball player
- Lee Hye-jin (sport shooter) (born 1985), South Korean sport shooter
- Lee Hye-jin (born 1991), South Korean track cyclist
- Kim Hye-jin (swimmer) (born 1994), South Korean swimmer
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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