Soo-jung, also spelled Soo-jeong, or Su-jeong, Su-jung, Su-jong, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 90 hanja with the reading "soo"[1] and 84 hanja with the reading "jung"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It also means "crystal" in Korean which uses the hanja "水晶".

Soo-jung
Hangul
수정
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationSu-jeong
McCune–ReischauerSujŏng
IPA[sudzʌŋ]

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

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Entertainers

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  • Hwang Soo-jung (born 1972), South Korean actress
  • Im Soo-jung (born 1979), South Korean actress
  • Lee Soo-jung (born 1993), Korean-American singer-songwriter
  • Krystal Jung (Korean name Jung Soo-jung, born 1994), South Korean female singer, member of girl group f(x)
  • Ryu Su-jeong (born 1997), South Korean female singer, member of girl group Lovelyz
  • Kim Su-jung (born 2004), South Korean actress

Other

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  • Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (born 1943), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Seoul
  • Kim Soo-jung (born 1950), South Korean male cartoonist
  • Nicole Chung (Korean name Jung Soo Jung, born 1981), Korean-American author
  • Soo Jung Ann (born 1989), South Korean female pianist
  • Christel Lee (Korean name Lee Soo-jung, born 1990), American-Canadian female violinist of Korean descent

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