Pronunciation | /dʒʌŋ/ |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Jung, Jong, Chung, Chong |
Jeong | |
Hangul | 정 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng |
IPA | [dzʌŋ], [tsʌŋ] |
Jeong, also spelled Jung or Jong, Chung, Chong is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 84 hanja with the reading "Jeong"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.