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Ji-hoon
Ji-hoon Ji-hoon (智勳, wise and accomplished) carries significant intellectual and social expectation — a name for a son who will achieve great things through both intelligence and diligent effort. In Korean literary fiction, this kind of name often belongs to the protagonist of a success narrative that turns into something more ambiguous: the brilliant achiever who discovers that accomplishment does not bring the meaning promised. The fragrant-cultivation meaning adds a scholarly, introspective dimension.
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