Joon-hee
Hangul
준희
Hanja
準希, 濬熙, and others
Revised RomanizationChunhŭi
McCune–ReischauerJun-hui

Joon-hee, also spelled Jun-hee, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "joon" and 24 hanja with the reading "hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

People with this name include:

  • Lim Jun-hee (born 1959), South Korean female composer
  • Jun Choi (full name Jun-Hee Choi, born 1971), American male politician of Korean descent
  • Joseph Kahn (born Ahn Jun-hee, 1972), South Korean-born American male director
  • Han Jun-hee (born 1985), South Korean male director
  • Go Joon-hee (born Kim Eun-ju, 1986), South Korean actress
  • Lee Joon-hee (born 1988), South Korean male football player
  • Choi Jun-hee (born 1993), stage name Juniel, South Korean female singer-songwriter
  • Jun Hee Lee, American actor of Korean descent

Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Go Joon-hee, in 2005 South Korean television series Fashion 70's
  • Go Joon-hee, in 2006 South Korean television series What's Up Fox
  • Lee Joon-hee, in 2009 South Korean television series Cinderella Man
  • Gu Jun-hee, in 2009 South Korean television series Boys Over Flowers
  • Kang Joon-hee, in 2012 South Korean television series Reply 1997

See also

References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 6 October 2005.
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