Hyung-joo, also spelled Hyung-ju, 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 21 hanja with the reading "hyung" and 56 hanja with the reading " joo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. People with this name include: *

Ha Hyung-joo Ha Hyung-joo (born June 3, 1962), also known by Ha Hyoung-zoo, is a retired judoka from South Korea. In 1981, he became the first open division champion to represent South Korea at the Asian Judo Championships in Jakarta. Ha rep ...

(born 1962), South Korean male judo practitioner *

Kim Hyung-ju Kim Hyung-ju (born 14 March 1976 in South Korea) is a male South Korean judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百� ...

(born 1976), South Korean male judo practitioner *

Kim Hyung-joo Kim Hyung-joo (born 12 September 1984 in Gyeongbuk) is a South Korean freestyle wrestler. In the women's 48 kg freestyle wrestling event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she reached the quarter-finals, losing to Carol Huynh. She competed in ...

(born 1985), South Korean female freestyle wrestler * Lim Hyung-joo (born 1986), South Korean operatic pop singer *

Park Hyung-joo Park Hyung-Joo (also ''Park Hyeong-Ju'', ko, 박 형주; born July 16, 1995, in Seoul) is a South Korean swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. Park qualified for the men's 200 m backstroke, as South Korea's youngest male swimmer (aged ...

(born 1995), South Korean male swimmer

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{{given name Korean unisex given names

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