Jina and Jinah are
Roman-alphabet spellings of either of two
homophonous Korean feminine given names with different
hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...
spellings. The meaning differs based on the
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
used to write each syllable of the name.
For the name systemically transcribed as Jin-a. there are 48 hanja with the reading "
jin" and 20 hanja with the reading "a" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
People with this name include:
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Shim Yi-young (born Kim Jin-ah, 1980), South Korean actress
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Kang Jin-a
Kang Jin-a (born August 18, 1981) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Kang graduated from Hongik University's Department of Visual Design in 2004.
Career
Kang's work mainly deals with the themes of life and death, in ...
(born 1981), South Korean film director
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Lee Jin-a
Lee Jin-a (born 10 March 1985) is a South Korean former professional tennis player.
In December 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 158. On 28 February 2011, she peaked at No. 197 in the WTA doubles rankings.
Lee s ...
(born 1985), South Korean tennis player
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Nana (singer) (born Im Jin-ah, 1991), South Korean singer, member of girl group After School
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Lee Jin-ah (born 1991), South Korean singer signed to Antenna Music
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Kwon Jin-ah (born 1997), South Korean singer and guitarist
For the name systemically transcribed as Ji-na, there are 46 hanja with the reading "
ji" and 16 hanja with the reading "na" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
People with this name include:
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Song Ji-na
Song Ji-na (born September 12, 1959) is a South Korean screenwriter. She is best known for writing ''Eyes of Dawn'' (1991) and ''Sandglass (TV series), Sandglass'' (1995), two of the most influential and highly rated Korean dramas of all time.
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(born 1959), South Korean screenwriter
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Choi Ji-na (born 1975), South Korean actress
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G.NA
Gina Jane Choi (born September 13, 1987), better known by her stage name G.NA, is a Korean Canadian singer, songwriter and actress based in South Korea. She released her debut EP, ''Draw G's First Breath'', on July 14, 2010.
As a solo arti ...
, stage name of Gina Jane Choi (born 1987), Korean Canadian singer
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Kim Ji-na, South Korean missionary taken hostage in Afghanistan in 2007
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
References
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Korean feminine given names
Feminine given names