Jungkook (정국): Korean name meaning

Meaning of 정국

정국 (Jung-Kook) means “upright · nation” when written 正國. It is a common name for people born in the 1990s. Its characters carry the elements 土 Earth, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.

About the name

정국 belongs to BTS's Jungkook (전정국, 田柾國). 柾 refers to straight wood grain and 國 to the nation — a name that sounds upright and steady in Korean, even if it is unusual for babies today.

Other hanja spellings

• 정 can also be written 貞 (chaste, steady), 庭 (garden, court), 晶 (crystal), 汀 (sandy shore)

How to pronounce 정국

Revised Romanisation: jeongguk (jeong-guk). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Jung-Kook. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.

Famous people named 정국

• Jungkook (BTS)