Precedes a typically 1 or 2 syllable given name of record (보명, BoMyung) of a son

Precedes a typically 1 or 2 syllable given name of record (보명, BoMyung) of a daughter.  For a married daughter, it could also precede the full name of her husband (surname and given name of husband or clan, surname, and given name of husband) in addition to or instead of her name.  Check table 4.2 for family names.

Note that sometimes instead of the daughter’s name her husband’s full name is listed after this HanJa.  If a full name (surname and given name) is listed rather than just a given name it is most likely the daughter’s husband’s name.  The daughter’s husband (사위) may have an even more fully specified name by listing the clan before his surname, too.

Precedes a typically 1 or 2 syllable given name (not a surname) by which the individual was called by at home (comparable to a nickname).  This name was given at age 20 as part of a coming of age ceremony관례(冠禮).

Precedes a typically 1 or 2 syllable given name (not a surname) by which the individual was commonly called by.

Precedes a typically 1 or 2 syllable additional given name (not a surname).

Precedes a typically 1 or 2 syllable given name (not a surname) by which the individual was given after he has passed away.

Precedes a typically 1 or 2 syllable given name (not a surname) that the wife was given after she has passed away.

Precedes a typically 1 or 2 syllable given name (not a surname) that the wife was given after she has passed away.

Used after a family name (성) or a clan/branch (본) and family name (성).  Examples:

金氏=김씨=Kim (김) family (씨)

慶州金氏=경주김씨=Kim (김) family (씨) branch that can trace its founding back to KyeongJu (경주) city.

人 (인, In) is translated literally as “person” and can be translated as “a person from” or “a person who belongs to”.  In genealogical records it is often a suffix used after a clan name.  Normally the clan name is the name of the town where the family originated anciently.  Note that the clan name and family name are needed to locate the JokBo record for a family, so this is a particularly useful piece of information to help genealogists link people across families in multiple JokBo records.

(Son-in-law)

Precedes the full name of the son-in-law who married a daughter.  In this case the daugher’s name is not recorded but the son-in-law’s full name is recorded.

This normally precedes the wife’s name and sometimes the wife and her father’s name or just her father’s name.  Note that the wife keeps her maiden name, so her family name is recorded, which provides the precious information needed to find her family’s JokBo to trace her genealogy, too.  Further note that in her father’s JokBo record, it could list her name as his daughter or it could list her husband’s full name, or both.  Having her father’s full name and branch/clan is extremely useful in locating her genealogy.

Example:

配宻陽朴明花父錫恒

배밀양박명화부석항

First wife (配, 배, Bae)  from the MilYang branch/clan of the Pak family (宻陽朴, 밀양박, MilYang Pak) with the family name Pak (朴, 박, Pak) and the Given name MyeongHwa (明花, 명화, MyeongHwa) who is the daughter of Pak SeokHang (錫恒, 석항, SeokHang).

See “Bae” above for details about how a wife’s name is recorded.

See “Bae” above for details about how a wife’s name is recorded.

See “Bae” above for details about how a wife’s name is recorded.

See “Bae” above for details about how a wife’s name is recorded.

See “Bae” above for details about how a wife’s name is recorded.

This is normally placed after the name of the child.

This is normally placed after the name of the child.

or자양

If someone dies without having children, close relatives will hold ancestral rites / annual memorial services for them as a service since they don’t have children to perform this service for them.  It may list the given name of the relative who performs this service after this designation.

Typically follows and sometimes precedes the date of birth.

Most used character to designate the death date.  It is typically preceded by and sometimes followed by the date of death.

Designates the death date.  It is typically preceded by and sometimes followed by the date of death.

Designates the death date for someone who died before the age of 70.  It is typically preceded by and sometimes followed by the date of death.  Note that this can be particularly useful in converting to solar years from the recorded lunar years, as lunar years are repeated in a 60 year cycle.

Designates the death date for someone who died after the age of 70.  It is typically preceded by and sometimes followed by the date of death.  Note that this can be particularly useful in converting to solar years from the recorded lunar years, as lunar years are repeated in a 60 year cycle.

Designates death before age 20.  This is typically placed after the name in the JokBo.

Designates death before age 20.  This is typically placed after the name in the JokBo.

Normally precedes the location of a grave site.  It could include gravesite row and column designations that aren’t always numeric in addition to a cemetary, mountain, village, or mountainside park name.

Normally follows the location of a grave site.

Designates the date of ancestoral rites or memorial services

Normally follows the memorial date.

Memorial service or ceremony held annually after a 3 year mourning period.

족보이름

JokBo IReum

Given name of record.  This is normally a one or two syllable given name recorded in large font size at the beginning of an individual’s record in a JokBo.