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Ju (Korean surname)

Ju (), also spelled Joo or Chu, is a Korean family name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.

Overview

As a family name, Ju may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "red" (; 붉을 주), and the other meaning "around" (; 두루 주). The former has one bon-gwan (Wu Yuan, China), while the latter has four (Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do; , Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do; Cheorwon-gun, Gangwonnam-do; and , Hamyang-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do). The 2000 South Korean census found 215,010 people with this family name.

In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 50.6% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Ju in their passports, and another 46.9% spelled it as Joo. Rarer alternative spellings (the remaining 2.4%) included Chu and Choo.

People with these family names include:

Chu

  • Chu Jong-chol, North Korean table tennis player
  • Chu Ki-chol (1897–1944), Korean Presbyterian minister
  • Chu Yo-han (1900–1976), South Korean poet
  • Chu Yong-ha (1908–?), North Korean politician and diplomat
  • Chu Yung-kwang (1920–1982), South Korean footballer

Joo

Ju

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