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 (; ), 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. There are 75 hanja with the reading "

jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. A prolific author of over 20 books, illustrator, and correspondent, Jung was a c ...

" 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. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

s, including ''

on-yomi , or the Sino-Japanese reading, is the reading of a kanji based on the historical Chinese pronunciation of the character. A single kanji might have multiple ''on'yomi'' pronunciations, reflecting the Chinese pronunciations of different period ...

'' such as Seiichi and

Shōichi Shōichi, Shoichi or Shouichi (written: , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese photographer and editor *, Japanese professional wrestling announcer and executive *, Japanese professi ...

, ''

kun-yomi is the way of reading kanji characters using the native Japanese word that matches the meaning of the Chinese character when it was introduced. This pronunciation is contrasted with ''on'yomi'', which is the reading based on the original Chi ...

'' such as Masakazu, and mixed readings such as Masaichi. People with this name include: *

Kim Jong-il Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from the death of his father Kim Il Sung in 1994 until his death in 2011, when he was ...

(1941–2011), North Korean leader * Park Chung-il (born 1959), South Korean footballer * Lee Jung-il (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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