Ji-won

Ji-won, also spelled Jee-won, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 61 hanja with the reading "ji"[1] and 46 hanja with the reading "won"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

Ji-won
Pronunciation/dʒɪ.wʌn/
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningdifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingJee-won, Chi-won
Ji-won
Hangul
지원
Hanja
知元, 智源, 智媛, and others
Revised RomanizationJi-won
McCune–ReischauerChiwŏn
IPA[dziwʌn], [tɕiwʌn]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

Sportspeople

Others
  • Bak Jiwon (born 1737), Joseon Dynasty male philosopher
  • Park Ji-weon (born 1934), South Korean male politician, member of the 13th National Assembly (1988–1992)
  • Park Jie-won (born 1942), South Korean male politician, Minister of Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism under Kim Dae-jung
  • Kim Chi-won (1943–2013), South Korean female writer
  • Yang Ji-won (academic) (born 1949), South Korean male chemistry professor
  • Vittoria Yeo (Korean name Yeo Ji-won, born 1980), South Korean operatic soprano

See also

References
  1. 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "지"
  2. 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "원"
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