| Jina | |
| Hangul | 진아 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 珍兒, 珍雅, 眞雅 and others |
| Revised Romanization | Jin-a |
| McCune–Reischauer | China |
| Alternative spelling | |
| Hangul | 지나 |
| Hanja | 智娜, 志娜, 知娜 and others |
| Revised Romanization | Ji-na |
| McCune–Reischauer | China |
Jina and Jinah are Roman-alphabet spellings of either of two homophonous Korean feminine given names with different hangul spellings. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
For the name systemically transcribed as Jin-a. there are 48 hanja with the reading "jin" and 20 hanja with the reading "a" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include:
- Shim Yi-young (born Kim Jin-ah, 1980), South Korean actress
- Kang Jin-a (born 1981), South Korean film director
- Lee Jin-a (born 1985), South Korean tennis player
- Nana (singer) (born Im Jin-ah, 1991), South Korean singer, member of girl group After School
- Lee Jin-ah (born 1991), South Korean singer
- Kwon Jin-ah (born 1997), South Korean singer and guitarist
For the name systemically transcribed as Ji-na, there are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 16 hanja with the reading "na" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include:
- Song Ji-na (born 1959), South Korean screenwriter
- Choi Ji-na (born 1975), South Korean actress
- G.NA, (born Gina Jane Choi, 1987), Korean Canadian singer
See also
References
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
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