Hye-jeong or Hye-jung is a Korean feminine given name. 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. There are 16 hanja with the reading "
hye" and 75 hanja with the reading "
jeong" 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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Jo Hea-jung
Jo Hea-Jung (; born March 5, 1953) is a South Korean volleyball player, who was a member of the South Korea Women's National Team that won the bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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(born 1953), South Korean volleyball player
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Kwag Hye-jeong (born 1975), South Korean handball player
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Park Sol-mi (born Park Hye-jung, 1978), South Korean actress
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Hwangbo
Hwangbo Hye-jeong ( ko, 황보혜정; born on 16 August 1980), better known as Hwangbo, is a South Korean singer and rapper. She debuted in 1999 as a rapper in the group Bros, before joining the K-pop girl group Chakra in 2000. After Chakra di ...
(born Hwangbo Hye-jeong, 1980), South Korean rapper, singer and actress
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Kang Hye-jung
Kang Hye-jung (born January 4, 1982) is a South Korean actress. Making her film debut in arthouse film '' Nabi'' (2001), she rose to stardom and critical acclaim in Park Chan-wook's 2003 revenge thriller '' Oldboy''. A rising star early in he ...
(born 1982), South Korean actress
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Shin Hye-jeong (field hockey) (born 1992), South Korean field hockey player
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Shin Hye-jeong (born 1993), South Korean actress and idol singer, member of AOA
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Kim Hye-jeong
Kim Hye-jeong (Hangul: 김혜정; born 3 January 1998) is a South Korean badminton player. She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young. Kim entered the regular training in the second grade of elementary school in Wanwol ...
(born 1998), South Korean badminton player
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 ...
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Korean feminine given names
Feminine given names