Jong-il

This article is about the given name spelled Jong-il in South Korea's Revised Romanization of Korean. For the given name spelled Jong-il in North Korean romanization (정일), see Jung-il. For the late North Korean leader, who had the latter given name, see Kim Jong-il.

Jong-il

Hangul|

Hanja|

jong:

宗種鐘終從縱倧琮淙悰 綜瑽鍾慫腫踵椶柊蹤

il:

一日逸溢鎰馹佾佚壹劮

Revised Romanization| Jong-il
McCune–Reischauer| Chong'il

Jong-il, also spelled Jong-yil, is a Korean masculine given name.[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "jong" and ten hanja with the reading "il" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[2]

People with this name include:

* Ra Jong-yil (born 1940), South Korean diplomat
* Kim Jong-il (long jumper) (born 1962), South Korean long jumper
* Park Jong-il (born 1972), South Korean ski mountaineer
* Choi Jong-il, South Korean businessman

## See also

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* List of Korean given names

## References

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1. ^ "종일, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
2. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.

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