Hyo-jin is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 24 hanja with the reading "hyo" and 47 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Hyo-jin
Hangul
효진
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHyo-jin
McCune–ReischauerHyojin

People with this name include:

Entertainers

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  • Gong Hyo-jin (born 1980), South Korean actress
  • JeA (born Kim Hyo-jin, 1981), South Korean singer, member of girl group Brown Eyed Girls
  • Narsha (born Park Hyo-jin, 1981), South Korean singer, member of girl group Brown Eyed Girls
  • Kim Hyo-jin (born 1984), South Korean actress
  • Go Eun-ah (born Bang Hyo-jin, 1988), South Korean actress
  • Elly (rapper) (born Ahn Hyo-jin, 1991), South Korean singer, member of girl group EXID

Sportspeople

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2018.