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Jung-il

Jung-il, also spelled Jeong-il, Jong-il, or Chung-il, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 75 hanja with the reading " jung" 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. One pair of hanja used to write this name also correspond to a number of different Japanese given names, including on-yomi such as Seiichi and Shōichi, kun-yomi such as Masakazu, and mixed readings such as Masaichi.

People with this name include:

  • Kim Jong-il (1941–2011), North Korean leader
  • Park Chung-il (born 1959), South Korean footballer
  • Lee Jung-il (born 1956), South Korean footballer
  • Jang Jung-il (born 1962), South Korean poet
  • Byun Jung-il (born 1968), South Korean boxer