Jeong (given name)

Jeong, also spelled Jung or Jong, Chung, Chong is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 84 hanja with the reading "Jeong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.

Jeong
Pronunciation/ʌŋ/
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingJung, Jong, Chung, Chong
Jeong
Hangul
Hanja
, , , , , and others
Revised RomanizationJeong
McCune–ReischauerChŏng
IPA[dzʌŋ], [tsʌŋ]
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