Jina and Jinah are Roman-alphabet spellings of either of two

homophonous A homophone () is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning or in spelling. The two words may be spelled the same, for example ''rose'' (flower) and ''rose'' (past tense of "rise"), or spelled differently, a ...

Korean feminine given names with different

hangul The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. In North Korea, the alphabet is known as (), and in South Korea, it is known as (). The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs ...

spellings. The meaning differs based on the

hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

used to write each syllable of the name. For the name systemically transcribed as Jin-a. there are 48 hanja with the reading " jin" and 20 hanja with the reading "a" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *

Shim Yi-young Shim Yi-young (born Kim Jin-ah on January 31, 1980) is a South Korean actress. Career Shim Yi-young made her acting debut in Kim Ki-duk's '' Real Fiction'' in 2000, and has since appeared in films such as '' Bongja'', ''Paju'', and '' Love, In ...

(born Kim Jin-ah, 1980), South Korean actress * Kang Jin-a (born 1981), South Korean film director *

Lee Jin-a Lee Jin-a (born 10 March 1985) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. In December 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 158. On 28 February 2011, she peaked at No. 197 in the WTA rankings, WTA doubles ran ...

(born 1985), South Korean tennis player * Nana (singer) (born Im Jin-ah, 1991), South Korean singer, member of girl group After School *

Lee Jin-ah Lee Jin-ah (; born March 16, 1991) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and jazz pianist. After finishing in third place on SBS's '' K-pop Star 4'', she signed with Antenna in 2015. Her distinctive musical style combines jazz with pop and R&B ...

(born 1991), South Korean singer *

Kwon Jin-ah Kwon Jin-ah (; born July 18, 1997) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and guitarist. She began her music career after winning third place on SBS' '' K-pop Star 3'' in 2014 and subsequently signing to Antenna Music. She debuted in 2016, with the ...

(born 1997), South Korean singer and guitarist For the name systemically transcribed as Ji-na, there are 46 hanja with the reading " ji" and 16 hanja with the reading "na" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: * Song Ji-na (born 1959), South Korean screenwriter * Choi Ji-na (born 1975), South Korean actress * G.NA, (born Gina Jane Choi, 1987), Korean Canadian singer

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