Hee-jung, also spelled Hui-jeong, is a Korean unisex given name. Its 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. There are 24 hanja with the reading "
hee Hee or HEE may refer to:
Organizations
* Health Education England
Places
* Hee, Denmark, a village located in the Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality
* Hee, Netherlands, a small village in the island of Terschelling, Netherlands
* ''HEE'', the IATA c ...
" and 73 hanja with the reading "
jung
Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...
" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
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Ahn Hee-jung
Ahn Hee-jung (born 1 May 1965), also known as An Hee-jung, is a former South Korean politician. He served as the 36th and 37th Governor of South Chungcheong Province. He stepped down from his role as governor and announced his retirement from ...
(born 1965), South Korean male politician, governor of Chungcheongnam-do
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Kim Hee-jung (actress born 1970)
Kim Hee-jung (born December 4, 1970) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut after auditioning at SBS's open call for actors in 1991. Kim is best known for her roles in the Korean dramas ''First Wives' Club'' (2007-2008), ''Tae-hee ...
(born 1970), South Korean actress
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Kim Hee-jeong (fencer)
Kim Hee-jeong (born 1 January 1975) is a South Korean fencing, fencer. She competed in the épée events at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics.
References
1975 births
Living people
South Korean female fencers
Olymp ...
(born 1975), South Korean female fencer
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Joo Hee-jung
Joo Hee-jung (born February 4, 1977) is a South Korean basketball coach and retired player. His playing career spanned twenty years with four different teams in the Korean Basketball League. Despite not being a highly-touted prospect in high sc ...
(born 1977), South Korean male basketball player
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Park Hee-jung (golfer) (born 1980), South Korean female golfer
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Son Hee-jung
Son Hee-jung (also ''Son Hui-jeong'', ko, 손 희정; born July 6, 1987) is a South Korean amateur road and track cyclist. She represented her nation South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and later helped the South Koreans capture the women' ...
(born 1987), South Korean female road and track cyclist
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Park Hee-jung (actress) (born 1988), South Korean actress
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Kim Hee-jung (actress born 1992)
Kim Hee-jung (born April 16, 1992) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2000 as a child actress, playing the titular character in ''Kkokji'' (also known as ''Tough Guy's Love''). As Kim reached her early twenties, one of her n ...
, South Korean actress
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Moon Hee-jung
Moon Hee-jung is a South Korean television screenwriter. She is best known for writing the dramas ''Last Scandal'', ''Smile, You'', '' Listen to My Heart'', and ''Missing You''.
Filmography
*''Goodbye Mr. Black'' (MBC, 2016)
*'' Glorious Day'' ( ...
, South Korean female screenwriter
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 unisex given names