Jung-il, also spelled Jeong-il, Jong-il, or Chung-il, is a Korean masculine 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, ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading "

jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, phil ...

" and ten hanja with the reading " il" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. One pair of

used to write this name () also correspond to a number of different

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

s, including ''

on-yomi are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequen ...

'' such as Seiichi and Shōichi, ''

kun-yomi are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequen ...

'' such as

Masakazu Masakazu is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Imafuku Masakazu (died 1582), Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period who served the Takeda clan *Kobori Masakazu (1579–1647), artist and aristocrat in the reign o ...

, and mixed readings such as

Masaichi Masaichi (written: 雅一, 正一, 政一 or 政市) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese physician and pathologist *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese World War II flying ace *, Japanese film p ...

. People with this name include: * Kim Jong-il (1941–2011), North Korean leader *

Park Chung-il Park Chung-il (, born November 19, 1959) is a South Korean footballer. He was first goal scorer of FC Seoul FC Seoul ( ko, FC 서울) is a South Korean professional football club based in Seoul that competes in the K League 1, the top flig ...

(born 1959), South Korean footballer *

Lee Jung-il Lee Jung-iI (born November 4, 1956) is a Korean football forward who played for South Korea in the 1980 Asian Cup. He also played for Commercial Bank of Korea FC Commercial may refer to: * a dose of advertising conveyed through media (such as ...

(born 1956), South Korean footballer * Jang Jung-il (born 1962), South Korean poet *

Byun Jung-il Byun Jung-il (born 16 November 1968 in Seoul) is a former South Korean professional boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Amateur career At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Byun defeated Jean-Marc Augustin o ...

(born 1968), South Korean boxer

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