What is "jung-sik"

Jung-sik, also spelled Jeong-sik, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 65 hanja with the reading " jung" and 16 hanja with the reading "sik" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:

• Kim Jeong-sik (1902–1934), pen name Kim Sowol, Korean poet of the Japanese colonial period
• Moon Jung-sik (born 1930), South Korean footballer
• Park Jung-sik (born 1983), South Korean footballer
• Park Jung-sik (born 1988), South Korean footballer
• Won Jeong-sik (born 1990), South Korean weightlifter
• Kim Jeong-sik, South Korean politician; see List of members of the National Assembly (South Korea), 1950–54