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Jin-woo
Jin-woo Jin-woo (珍宇, precious universe) names a character with a combination of personal rarity and cosmic scale — someone who is not common, who carries something distinctive and irreplaceable, whose inner world has the scale of the universe. The genuineness reading (眞宇) suits a character whose defining quality is radical authenticity: someone who, like the jade in the Chinese/Korean tradition, cannot be imitated. In thriller and contemporary fiction, Jin-woo suits the protagonist whose distinctiveness makes them both a target and a survivor.
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Tae-hyun
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Kyung-min
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Woo-jin
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Do-yoon
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