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Ji, also spelled Jee, Chi, or Chee, is a Korean family name, as well as a popular element in Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.




Family name


As a family name, Ji may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "wisdom" (智), and the other meaning "pond" (池). Each has one bon-gwan: for the family name meaning "wisdom", Pongju Village, Pongsan County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and for the family name meaning "pond", Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do in what is today South Korea. The 2000 South Korean census found 147,572 people with this family name.
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 79.5% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ji in their passports. Another 9.0% spelled it as Jee, and 8.5% as Chi. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 3.0%) included Gi, Chee, Je, and Jy. For the Koryo-saram from the former Soviet Union, it was spelled as Ti (Russian: Ти).




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People with this family name include:




= Ji

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Ji Chang-wook (born 1987), South Korean actor and singer
Ji Cheong-cheon (1888–1959), Korean independence activist
Ji Da-bin (born 2006), Indonesian footballer
Ji Dong-won (born 1991), South Korean professional footballer
Ji Eun-hee (born 1986), South Korean professional golfer
Ji Eun-sung (born 1991), South Korean actor
Ji Ha-yoon (born 1995), South Korean actress and model
Ji Han-jae (born 1936), South Korean hapkido grandmaster
Ji Hye-won (born 1998), South Korean actress
Ji Hyun-woo (born 1984), South Korean actor and musician
Ji Jin-hee (born 1971), South Korean actor
Ji Kyeong-deuk (born 1990), South Korean footballer
Ji Kyong-sun (born 1975), North Korean former judoka
Ji Sang-jun (born 1973), South Korean retired swimmer
Ji Sang-ryeol (born 1970), South Korean actor
Ji Seo-yeon (born 2005), South Korean figure skater
Ji Seong-ho (born 1982), South Korean politician
Ji Seong-hwan (born 1974), South Korean field hockey player
Ji Seung-hyun (born 1979), South Korean handball player
Ji Seung-hyun (born 1981), South Korean actor
Ji So-yun (born 1991), South Korean professional footballer
Ji Yoon-ho (born Yoon Byung-ho, 1991), South Korean actor
Ji Young-jun (born 1981), South Korean long distance runner
Ji Yun-nam (born 1976), North Korean former professional footballer




= Chee, Chi, Jee, Jhi

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Alexander Chee (fl. 2000s), American writer
Ien Chi (born 1991), Korean American filmmaker
Chi In-jin (born 1973), South Korean former professional boxer
Jee Man-won (born 1942), South Korean political scientist and journalist
Jee Seok-jin (born 1966), South Korean entertainer
Jee Yong-ju (1948–1985), South Korean amateur boxer
Jhi Yeon-woo (born 1984), South Korean retired bodybuilder




Given name


There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Some common ones are listed in the table at right. Many names containing this syllable have been popular throughout the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including:




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Historically-popular given names formed with the syllable "ji" include:

Masculine

Feminine

Other names containing this syllable include:

First syllable

Second syllable




= People

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People with the single-syllable given name Ji include:




See also


List of Korean family names
List of Korean given names




References

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• Ha Ji-won
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• Song Ji-hyo
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• Song Jae-rim
• Hope (film 2013)
• Park Ji-yeon
• Krystal Jung
• Park Ji-soo (pemeran)
• Nam Ji-hyun (pemeran)
• Ji (Korean name)
• Ji Soo
• Jun Ji-hyun
• Ji Chang-wook
• Ji-yeon (name)
• Kim Ji-won (actress)
• Ha Ji-won
• Kim Ji-eun
• Lee Young-ji
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