Sung-jin
Hangul
성진
Hanja
星鎭, 成震, 成鎭, 晟溱, and others
Revised RomanizationSeong-jin
McCune–ReischauerSŏngjin

Sung-jin, also spelled Seong-jin or Song-jin, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "sung" and 48 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1]

People with this name include:

  • Pai Sung-jin (fl. 1940s), South Korean man who invented the abacus-like finger-counting method chisanbop
  • Gong Sung-jin (born 1953), South Korean politician, member of the Grand National Party
  • Yu Song-jin (born 1964 or 1965), South Korean engineer detained by North Korea for 137 days in 2009
  • Kang Sung-jin (born 1971), South Korean actor
  • Skull (singer) (born Park Sung-jin, 1979), South Korean reggae singer
  • Lee Sung-jin (born 1985), South Korean archer
  • Park Sung-jin (born 1985), South Korean football player
  • Won Seong-jin (born 1985), South Korean go player
  • Jo Sung-jin (born 1990), South Korean football player
  • Seong-Jin Cho (born 1994), South Korean pianist

See also

References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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