Soo-jung
Hangul
수정
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationSu-jeong
McCune–ReischauerSujŏng
IPA[sudzʌŋ]

Soo-jung, also spelled Soo-jeong, or Su-jeong, Su-jung, Su-jong, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 90 hanja with the reading "soo"[1] and 84 hanja with the reading "jung"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It also means "crystal" in Korean which uses the hanja "水晶".

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

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 (born 1943), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seoul
  • Kim Soo-jung (born 1950), South Korean male cartoonist
  • Nicole Chung (Korean name Jung Soo Jung, born 1981), Korean-American author
  • 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

References

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