Soo-jung, also spelled Soo-jeong, or Su-jeong, Su-jung, Su-jong, is a
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republi ...
n feminine given name. The 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 90 hanja with the reading "''
soo
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Places
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* Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, a border city in the United States also nicknamed "The Soo"
** Soo Locks, the locks between Lake Superior and ...
''" and 84 hanja with the reading "''
jung
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대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "정"
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n government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It also means "''crystal
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''" in Korean which uses the hanja "''水晶''".
People with this name include:
Sportspeople
* Park Soo-jeong (born 1972), South Korean female volleyball player
* Lim Su-jeong (kickboxer) (born 1985), South Korean female kickboxer
* Lim Su-jeong (taekwondo) (born 1986), South Korean female taekwondo practitioner
* Hong Su-jong (born 1986 or 1989), North Korean female artistic gymnast
*Jang Su-jeong
Jang Su-jeong ( ko, 장수정 ; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean tennis player.
Jang has won one singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as ten singles titles and thirteen doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 July 2022, she ...
(born 1995), South Korean female tennis player
* Kim Su-jong (born 2000), North Korean female artistic gymnast
Entertainers
* Hwang Soo-jung (born 1972), South Korean actress
* Im Soo-jung (born 1979), South Korean actress
* Lee Soo-jung (born 1993), Korean-American singer-songwriter
* Krystal Jung (Korean name Jung Soo-jung, born 1994), South Korean female singer, member of girl group f(x)
* Ryu Su-jeong (born 1997), South Korean female singer, member of girl group Lovelyz
* Kim Su-jung (born 2004), South Korean actress
Other
*Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (; born 5 December 1943) is a Korean prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Seoul from 2012 to 2021, while also holding the title of Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Pyongyang in North Korea. Po ...
(born 1943), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seoul
* Kim Soo-jung (born 1950), South Korean male cartoonist
* Soo Jung Ann (born 1989), South Korean female pianist
* Christel Lee (Korean name Lee Soo-jung, born 1990), American-Canadian female violinist of Korean descent
See also
*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 feminine given names