Joo (Korean name)
| Joo | |
| Hangul | 주 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | Family/given: 朱周 Given name only: |
| Revised Romanization | Ju |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chu |
Joo, also spelled Ju or Chu, is a Korean family name and an element in Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
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Family name
As a family name, Joo may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "red" (朱; 붉을 주), and the other meaning "around" (周; 두루 주). The former has one bon-gwan ([WuYuan],[China]), while the latter has four (Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do; Chogye-myeon, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do; Cheorwon-gun, Gangwonnam-do; and Anui-myeon, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do). [1] The 2000 South Korean census found 215,010 people with this family name.[2]
In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 50.6% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ju in their passports, and another 46.9% spelled it as Joo. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.4%) included Chu and Choo.[3]
People with these family names include:
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- Ju Si-gyeong (1876–1914), Joseon Dynasty linguist
- Chu Yo-han (1900–1976), South Korean poet
- Chu Yung-kwang (1920–1982), South Korean footballer
- Chu Sang-song (born 1933), North Korean politician, former Minister of People's Security
- Ju Kyu-chang (born 1939), North Korean industrial official
- Joo Hyun (born Joo Il-choo, 1941), South Korean actor
- Joo Hyun-mi (born 1961), South Korean trot singer
- Ju Jong-gwan (born 1971), South Korean sprint canoer
- Joo Jin-mo (born 1958), South Korean actor
- Joo Jin-mo (born 1974), South Korean actor
- Ju Seung-jin (born 1975), South Korean footballer
- Joo Hee-jung (born 1977), South Korean basketball player
- Joo Sang-wook (born 1978), South Korean actor
- Joo Se-hyuk (born 1980), South Korean table tennis player
- Brian Joo (born 1981), American-born South Korean singer
- Ju Ho-jin (born 1981), South Korean footballer
- Joo Ki-hwan (born 1981), South Korean footballer
- Joo Hyun-jung (born 1982), South Korean archer
- Ju Ji-hoon (born 1982), South Korean actor
- Joo Jong-hyuk (born 1983), South Korean actor and singer
- Joo Min-jin (born 1983), South Korean short track speed skater
- Joo Jae-duk (born 1985), South Korean footballer
- Ju Kwang-youn (born 1985), South Korean footballer
- Joo Hyeon-woo (born 1990), South Korean footballer
- Ju Kwang-min (born 1990), North Korean footballer
- Joo Hyong-jun (born 1991), South Korean speed skater
- Dong Moon Joo, Korean American businessman
- Joo Hee-sun, South Korean music video director
- Joo Seong-ha, North Korean journalist who defected to South Korea in 2002
- Richard Hyung-ki Joo, British classical pianist of Korean descent
Given name
There are 56 hanja with the reading "joo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are listed in the table at right.[4] One name containing this syllable, Eun-ju, was the sixth-most popular name for newborn South Korean girls in 1970.[5]
Names beginning with this syllable include:
Names ending with this syllable include:
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People with the single syllable given name Joo include:
- Joo (singer), stage name of Jung Min-joo (born 1990), South Korean solo singer
See also
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