Ju (), also spelled Joo or Chu, is a

Korean family name This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. Note: (S) North–South differences in the Korean language, denotes South Korea. (N) North–South differences in the Korean language, denotes North Korea. The most common Korean fa ...

and an element in

Korean given name A Korean name (Hangul: ; Hanja: ) consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both South Korea and North Korea. In the Korean language, ''ireum'' or ''seongmyeong'' usually refers to the family name (''seo ...

s. 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 it.

Family name

As a family name, Ju may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "red" (; 붉을 주), and the other meaning "around" (; 두루 주). The former has one ''

bon-gwan Bon-gwan (or Bongwan) is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name (clan name). Since Korea has been traditionally a Confucian country, this clan system is similar to ancient Chinese ...

'' ( Wu Yuan, China), while the latter has four (

Sangju Sangju () is a city in North Gyeongsang Province, central South Korea. Although Sangju is rather rural, it is very old and was once a key city. Along with Gyeongju, it gives rise to half of the name of the Gyeongsang provinces. Sangju is nickn ...

Gyeongsangbuk-do North Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상북도, translit=Gyeongsangbuk-do, ) is a province in eastern South Korea. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remained a province of Korea until the ...

; Chogye-myeon,

Hapcheon-gun Hapcheon County (''Hapcheon-gun'') is a county in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Located in northwestern Gyeongsangnam-do, the county is surrounded by Changnyeong as well as Euiryeong to the Southeast, Geochang as well as Sancheong-gun to ...

, Gyeongsangnam-do;

Cheorwon-gun Cheorwon County (''Cheorwon-gun'' ), also spelled Chorwon, is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, county in Gangwon-do (South Korea), Gangwon Province, South Korea. It is located right next to the border with North Korea. History *Gogury ...

, Gangwonnam-do; and Anui-myeon, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do). The 2000 South Korean census found 215,010 people with this family name. In a study by the

National Institute of the Korean Language The National Institute of Korean Language is a language regulator of the Korean language. It was created on January 23, 1991, by Presidential Decree No. 13163 (November 14, 1990). It is based in Seoul, South Korea. The institute was originall ...

based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 50.6% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as ''Ju'' in their passports, and another 46.9% spelled it as ''Joo''. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.4%) included ''Chu'' and ''Choo''. People with these family names include: *

Ju Si-gyeong Ju Sigyeong (, December 22, 1876 – July 27, 1914) was one of the founders of modern Korean linguistics. He was born in Pongsan-gun, Hwanghae-do in 1876. He helped to standardize the Korean language, based on the spelling and grammar of vernacu ...

(1876–1914), Joseon Dynasty linguist *

Chu Yo-han Chu Yo-han (5 December 1900 – 17 November 1979) was a twentieth-century Korean poet, journalist, businessman and politician."Joo Yohan" LTI Korea Datasheet available at LTI Korea Library or online at: He came from the Shinan Chu clan (신 ...

(1900–1976), South Korean poet * Chu Yung-kwang (1920–1982), South Korean footballer *

Chu Sang-song Ju Sang-song (born August 1933) is a North Korean politician and former Minister of People's Security. Biography Ju Sang-song was born in Kangwon-do Province in 1933, joined the Korean People's Army in June 1951, and later attended the Kim Il-s ...

(born 1933), North Korean politician, former Minister of People's Security *

Ju Kyu-chang Ju Kyu-chang (25 November 1928 – 3 September 2018) was a North Korean politician, who served as the director of the Workers' Party of Korea's (WPK) Machine-Building Industry Department. Ju was reportedly the head of North Korea's nuclear progr ...

(born 1939), North Korean industrial official *

Joo Hyun Joo Hyun (; born Joo Il-choon, ; March 1, 1943) is a South Korean actor. Biography Joo graduated from Konkuk University in Seoul, where he majored in political science and diplomacy. He began his acting career after being selected through a ...

(born Joo Il-choo, 1941), South Korean actor *

Joo Hyun-mi Joo Hyun Mi (Hangul: 주현미, born September 27, 1961) also known as Choo Hyun-mi, Ju Hyun-mi, Zhou Xuanmei or Chow Shiuan-mei, is a South Korean legendary singer, who is one of the nation's most successful trot singers. She debuted in 1984, ...

(born 1961), South Korean trot singer *

Ju Jong-gwan Ju Jong-gwan (born March 2, 1971) is a South Korean sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city ...

(born 1971), South Korean sprint canoer *

Joo Jin-mo Joo Jin-mo (born Park Jin-tae on 26 September 1974), is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films '' Happy End'' (1999) in which he won Grand Bell Awards for Best Supporting Actor, '' 200 Pounds Beauty'' (2006), ...

(born 1958), South Korean actor *

(born 1974), South Korean actor *

Ju Seung-jin Joo Seung-Jin (born March 12, 1975) is a South Korean former professional football player who mainly played as a defender. He played mainly as a side attacker on the right side but has also played in many different positions such as either defen ...

(born 1975), South Korean footballer *

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 basketball player *

Joo Sang-wook Joo Sang-wook (; born July 18, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in generational saga ''Giant'', medical drama '' Good Doctor'', romantic comedy '' Cunning Single Lady'', '' Birth of a Beauty'', and crime procedural ' ...

(born 1978), South Korean actor *

Joo Se-hyuk Joo Sae-hyuk (, ; born 20 January 1980) is a South Korean table tennis player. As a singles player, he was a silver medalist at the 2003 World Table Tennis Championships, a bronze medalist at the 2011 Table Tennis World Cup, and a bronze medali ...

(born 1980), South Korean table tennis player *

Brian Joo Brian Joo (Korean name: Joo Min-gyu (); born January 10, 1981), better known professionally as Brian (), is a Korean American singer and one-half of the R&B duo Fly to the Sky. His first solo album, ''The Brian'' was released in December 2006. ...

(born 1981), American-born South Korean singer * Ju Ho-jin (born 1981), South Korean footballer * Joo Ki-hwan (born 1981), South Korean footballer * Joo Hyun-jung (born 1982), South Korean archer *

Ju Ji-hoon Ju Ji-hoon (born May 16, 1982) is a South Korean actor and model. His first leading role was in the 2006 hit drama ''Princess Hours''. His other notable works include ''The Devil'', '' Antique'', ''Mask'', '' Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds'' ...

(born 1982), South Korean actor * Joo Jong-hyuk (born 1983), South Korean actor and singer * Joo Jong-hyuk (born 1991), South Korean actor *

Joo Min-jin Joo Min-jin (Hangul: 주민진, Hanja: 朱敏眞) (born 1 August 1983 in Seoul) is a retired South Korean short track speed skater. She who won a gold medal in the 3000 m relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics, together with teammates Choi Eun-kyun ...

(born 1983), South Korean short track speed skater * Joo Jae-duk (born 1985), South Korean footballer * Ju Kwang-youn (born 1985), South Korean footballer * Joo Hyeon-woo (born 1990), South Korean footballer * Ju Kwang-min (born 1990), North Korean footballer *

Joo Hyong-jun Joo Hyong-jun (Hangul: 주형준, ; born 22 April 1991) is a South Korean speed skater. Career Short track career In 2010, Joo was selected for the South Korean junior national short track speed skating team and won the gold medal in the men' ...

(born 1991), South Korean speed skater * Ju Kyul-kyung (born 1998), Chinese actress and singer, former member of girl groups

I.O.I I.O.I (; also known as IOI or Ideal of Idol) was a South Korean girl group formed by CJ E&M through the 2016 reality show ''Produce 101'' on Mnet. The group was composed of eleven members chosen from a pool of 101 trainees from various enterta ...

and

Pristin Pristin (; stylized as PRISTIN and formerly known as Pledis Girlz) was a South Korean girl group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2016. The group was composed of ten members: Nayoung, Roa, Yuha, Eunwoo, Rena, Kyulkyung, Yehana, Sungyeon, Xi ...

* Dong Moon Joo, Korean-American businessman * Joo Hee-sun, South Korean music video director *

Joo Seong-ha Joo Seong-ha () is a journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by t ...

, North Korean journalist who defected to South Korea in 2002 *

Hyung-ki Joo Hyung-ki Joo () is a Korean-British pianist, composer, comedian and one half of the comedy-musical duo Igudesman & Joo. Billy Joel chose Joo to arrange and record his classical piano pieces for the album '' Fantasies & Delusions''. It was rec ...

, British classical pianist of Korean descent *

Judy Joo Judy Joo is a chef and television personality. She is best known as being the host of Food Network's "Korean Food Made Simple" and an ''Iron Chef UK'' and her restaurant Seoul Bird in London. Joo splits her time between New York City, London, and ...

, Korean-American celebrity chef

Given name

There are 56 hanja with the reading "ju" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table at right. One name containing this syllable, Eun-ju, was the sixth-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1970. Names beginning with this syllable include: * Joo-hwan (masculine) * Joo-hyun (unisex) * Joo-won (unisex) Names ending with this syllable include: *

Dong-joo Dong-joo, also spelled Dong-ju, is a Korean unisex given name. People with this name include: * Yun Dong-ju (1917–1945), Korean poet * Kim Dong-joo (born 1976), South Korean baseball player Fictional characters with this name include: *H ...

(masculine) * Eun-ju (feminine) * Hae-joo (unisex) *

Hong-joo Hong-joo is a Korean unisex given name. People with same name *Harold Hongju Koh Harold Hongju Koh (born December 8, 1954) is an American lawyer and legal scholar who served as the legal adviser of the Department of State in the Obama adminis ...

(unisex) *

Hyo-joo Hyo-joo, also spelled Hyo-ju, is a Korean feminine given name. People with this name include: *Park Hyo-joo (born 1982), South Korean actress *An Hyo-ju (born 1987), South Korean field hockey player *Han Hyo-joo (born 1987), South Korean actress ...

(feminine) * Hyun-joo (unisex) *

Hyung-joo Hyung-joo, also spelled Hyung-ju, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja 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 g ...

(unisex) *

Jin-joo Jin-joo, also spelled Jin-ju, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the given name. There are 43 hanja with the reading "jin" and 56 hanja with the reading " joo" on the South Korean ...

(unisex) * Min-ju (unisex) * Kyung-ju (unisex) *

Seok-ju Seok-ju, also spelled Seok-joo or Sok-ju, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading " seok" and 56 hanja with the reading " ju" on the Sout ...

(masculine) *

Young-joo Young-joo, also spelled Young-ju, Yong-joo, or Yong-ju, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "young" and 56 hanja with the reading " joo" on th ...

(unisex) People with the single syllable given name Ju include: *

Joo (singer) Jung Min-joo (born Jung A-rin, October 11, 1990), known professionally as Joo (stylized in all caps), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical actress. In 2006, she became a contestant on JYP Entertainment's Superstar Survival. Although ...

, stage name of Jung Min-joo (born 1990), South Korean solo singer, and older sister of

Jung Il-hoon Jung Il-hoon (; born October 4, 1994), simply known as Ilhoon, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, record producer, host, actor and entertainer. He was the main rapper of the South Korean boy band BtoB. He is well known for his collaborations ...

(former member of South Korean boy band

BtoB } BtoB ( ; ; acronym for Born to Beat; often stylized as BTOB) is a South Korean boy band formed in 2012 by Cube Entertainment. The group consists of Seo Eun-kwang, Lee Min-hyuk, Lee Chang-sub, Im Hyun-sik, Peniel Shin and Yook Sung-jae. Or ...

)

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