Jin-soo
| Jin-soo | |
| Hangul | 진수 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jin-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chinsu |
Jin-soo is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 48 hanja with the reading "jin" and 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People with this name include:
- Jin Soo Kim (born 1950), South Korean-born American female multimedia artist
- Cho Jin-soo (born 1983), South Korean male football forward
- Park Jin-soo (born 1987), South Korean male football midfielder
- Choi Jin-soo (born 1989), South Korean male basketball player
- Choi Jin-soo (footballer) (born 1990), South Korean male football midfielder
- Kim Jin-su (born 1992), South Korean male football left back
- Byun Jin-soo (born 1993), South Korean male baseball pitcher
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Lee Jin-su, male character in 2002 South Korean film Over the Rainbow
- Jin-Soo Kwon, male character in 2004–2010 American television series Lost
- Jin-su, female character in 2007 South Korean film Le Grand Chef
- Kim Jin-soo, female character in 2008 South Korean television series Gourmet
- Lee Jin-soo, male character in 2010 South Korean television series Coffee House
- Jung Jin-soo, male character in 2013 South Korean film The Berlin File
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
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