Seok-ju, also spelled Seok-joo or Sok-ju, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the
hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "
seok" and 56 hanja with the reading "
ju" 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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Kim Seok-ju (1634–1684), Joseon Dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar
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Na Seok-ju (1892–1926), Korean independence activist who bombed the Oriental Development Company
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Kang Sok-ju (born 1939), North Korean politician and diplomat
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Ha Seok-ju (born 1968), South Korean football player
Fictional characters with this name include:
*Kim Seok-joo, from 2014 South Korean television series ''
A New Leaf''
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 ...
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Shin Suk-ju (신숙주; 1417–1475), Joseon Dynasty official and soldier
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Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names