Jeong-ja
| Jeong-ja | |
| Hangul | 정자 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 貞子 and others |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong-ja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏngja |
Jeong-ja, also spelled Jung-ja or Chung-ja, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 65 hanja with the reading "jeong" and 28 hanja with the reading "ja" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子). The same characters correspond to a number of Japanese given names, among them various names which use kun'yomi readings of the first character, including Sadako, and another less common one Teiko which uses the on'yomi reading of the first character.[2]
Jeong-ja is one of a number of Japanese-style names ending in "ja", along with Young-ja and Soon-ja, that were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterwards.[3] According to South Korean government data, it was the sixth-most popular name for baby girls in 1940.[4] By 1950 there were no names ending in "ja" in the top ten.[5]
People with this name include:
- Park Jung-ja (born 1942), actress
- Bae Jeong-ja (1870–1950), adopted daughter of Ito Hirobumi, portrayed in the film Femme Fatale:Bae Jeong-ja
- Bak Jeong-ja (박정자, 1927–2003), South Korean politician
- Lee Jung-Ja (born 1951), South Korean former volleyball player
- Sin Jung-Ja (born 1980), South Korean basketball player
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
- ↑ "가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연". Korea Economic Daily. 2007-03-20. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.