Ji-woong, also spelled Ji-ung, is a

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n masculine 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, ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading " ji" and two hanja with the reading "

woong Woong, also spelled Ung, is a Korean masculine given name and name element. It is one of a small number of single-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are only two hanja with this reading on t ...

" on the

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n government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include * Yoon Ji-woong (born 1982), South Korean baseball pitcher *Park Ji-ung (born 1982), stage name Park Hyun-bin, South Korean trot singer * Hwang Ji-woong (born 1989), South Korean football player * Kim Ji-woong (born 1989), South Korean football player

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{{given name Korean masculine given names

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