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Ji hyun

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Pronunciation
  
/tɕi.hjʌn/

Word/name
  
Korean

Gender
  
Both (feminine)

Meaning
  
Different depending on hanja

Ji-hyun, also spelled Jee-hyun, is a Korean given name, that is a unisex name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 35 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Ji-hyun was the ninth-most popular name for baby girls in South Korea in 1990.

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People

People with this name include:

Actors and actresses

  • Jung Ji-hyun (born 1970), stage name Jung Jae-young, South Korean actor
  • Jun Ji-hyun (born 1981), South Korean actress and model
  • Kim Ji-hyun (born 1982), stage name Lee El, South Korean actress
  • Min Ji-hyun (born 1984), South Korean actress
  • Ahn Ji-hyun (born 1992), South Korean actress
  • Nam Ji-hyun (actress) (born 1995), South Korean actress
  • Singers

  • Kim Ji-hyun (singer) (born 1972), South Korean female singer, member of Roo'ra
  • Hwang Ji-hyun (born 1983), South Korean female singer, member of Gangkiz
  • Lee Ji-hyun (born 1983), South Korean female singer, former member of Jewelry
  • Lee Ji-hyun (born 1986), stage name Qri, South Korean female singer and actress, member of T-ara
  • Kim Ji-hyun (born 1998), stage name G.Soul, American male singer of Korean descent
  • Nam Ji-hyun (singer) (born 1990), South Korean singer and actress, former member of 4Minute
  • Kang Ji-hyun (born 1992), stage name Soyou, South Korean singer and actress, member of Sistar
  • Sportspeople

  • Song Ji-hyun (born 1969), South Korean female team handball player
  • Lee Ji-hyun (swimmer) (born 1978), South Korean female swimmer
  • Jung Ji-hyun (born 1983), South Korean male wrestler
  • Kim Ji-hyun (volleyball) (born 1984), South Korean female volleyball player
  • Kim Ji-heun (born 1989), South Korean male swimmer
  • Sung Ji-hyun (born 1991), South Korean female badminton player
  • Choi Ji-hyun (born 1994), South Korean female short track speed skater
  • Byun Ji-hyun (born 1999), South Korean female figure skater
  • Other

  • Jee Hyun Kim, Australian female neuroscientist
  • Fictional characters

    Fictional characters with this name include:

  • Kim Ji-hyun, in 2008 South Korean television series East of Eden
  • Kim Jihyun, in 2016 South Korean otome visual novel game "Mystic Messenger" developed by Cheritz.
  • References

    Ji-hyun Wikipedia