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Jin-woo is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.




Hanja


There are 43 hanja with the reading "jin" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

珍友 (보배 진 bobae jin, 벗 우 beot u): "treasured friend"
眞友 (참 진 cham jin, 벗 우 beot u): "true friend". These characters are also used to write the Japanese given name Masatomo.
眞宇 (참 진 cham jin, 집 우 jip u): "true home"




People


People with this name include:




= Political figures

=
Song Jin-woo (journalist) (1889–1945), Korean journalist and independence activist
O Jin-u (1917–1995), North Korean soldier and politician
Stephen Jin-Woo Kim (born 1967), South Korean-born American man imprisoned for disclosing classified information to a journalist




= Sportspeople

=
Song Jin-woo (born 1966), South Korean baseball player
Kim Jin-woo (footballer) (born 1975), South Korean football player
Lee Jin-woo (footballer) (born 1982), South Korean football player
Hwang Jin-woo (born 1983), South Korean auto racing driver
Kim Jin-woo (baseball) (born 1983), South Korean baseball player
Kim Jin-Woo (swimmer) (born 1983), Kenyan swimmer
Park Jin-woo (volleyball) (born 1990), South Korean volleyball player
Lim Jin-woo (born 1993), South Korean football player




= Entertainers

=
Jung Jin-woo (born 1938), South Korean film director
Lee Jin-woo (actor) (born 1969), South Korean actor
Jinu (born Kim Jin-woo, 1971), American rapper, member of music duo Jinusean
Kim Jin-woo (actor) (born 1983), South Korean actor
Park Jin-woo (born 1983), South Korean actor
Kim Jin-woo (musician) (born 1991), South Korean singer, member of boy band Winner
Jinjin (born Park Jin-woo, 1996), South Korean singer, member of boy band Astro




= Other

=
Jung Jin-woo (born 1938), South Korean film director
Nam Jin-woo (born 1960), South Korean poet
Cheon Jinwoo (born 1962), South Korean chemist




See also


List of Korean given names




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Yeon Woo-jin
• Lee Jin-woo (pemeran)
• Lee Jin-wook
• Kim Jin-woo (pemeran)
• Lee Jin Woo
• Park Jin-woo
• Jo Woo-jin (pemeran)
• Solo Leveling
• Kim Jin-woo (penyanyi)
• Byeon Woo-seok
• Yeon Woo-jin
• Jin-woo
• Park Jin-woo
• Jo Woo-jin (actor)
• Kim Jin-woo (actor)
• Moon Woo-jin
• Byeon Woo-seok
• Woo Hee-jin
• Tell Me That You Love Me (TV series)
• Kim Jin-woo (musician)