Seok-ju, also spelled Seok-joo or Sok-ju, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading " seok" and 56 hanja with the reading " ju" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. ^[1]

People with this name include:

• Kim Seok-ju (1634–1684), Joseon Dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar
• Na Seok-ju (1892–1926), Korean independence activist who bombed the Oriental Development Company
• Kang Sok-ju (born 1939), North Korean politician and diplomat
• Ha Seok-ju (born 1968), South Korean football player

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Kim Seok-joo, from 2014 South Korean television series A New Leaf

See also

• List of Korean given names
• Shin Suk-ju (신숙주; 1417–1475), Joseon Dynasty official and soldier

References

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