Save Gender Masculine Usage Korean Scripts 정일(Korean Hangul) 正日, etc.(Korean Hanja) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕʌŋ.il/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Korean 正 (jeong) meaning "right, proper, correct" and 日 (il) meaning "sun, day". Other hanja character combinations are possible as well. A notable bearer was Kim Jong-il (1941 or 1942-2011), the second leader of North Korea.