Myung-jun, also spelled Myeong-jun or Myŏng-jun, 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 19 hanja with the reading "
myung" and 34 hanja with the reading "
jun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
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Cho Myung-jun
Cho Myung-jun (born July 29, 1970) is a South Korean field hockey coach. At the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sp ...
(born 1970), South Korean field hockey coach
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Yoon Myung-june (born 1989), South Korean baseball pitcher
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Ri Myong-jun (born 1990), North Korean footballer in Thailand
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Seo Myung-joon (born 1992), South Korean freestyle skier
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MJ (born Kim Myung-jun, 1994), South Korean singer, member of Astro
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Son Myeong-jun
Son Myeong-jun (손명준, ; born 17 January 1994) is a South Korean long distance runner who specialises in the marathon. He competed in the men's marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Personal Bests
*1500m - 3:52.57 (2018)
*5000m - 13:55.03 ...
(born 1994), South Korean long-distance runner
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Kim Myeong-joon
Kim Myeong-joon is a South Korean film director and cinematographer. Kim's directorial feature film '' Our School'' (2007), a documentary about the lives of ethnic Korean students in Japan, won the BIFF Mecenat Award for best documentary at th ...
, South Korean film director
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
References
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Korean masculine given names