Jae (Korean name)
Appearance
Jae | |
Hangul | 재 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jae |
McCune–Reischauer | Chae |
Jae, also Chae, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja chosen by the name-giver.
Hanja and meaning
[edit]As of December 2018[update], regulations of the Supreme Court of Korea permit the following 20 hanja with the reading Jae, plus seven variant forms, to be registered for use in given names.[1]
Eleven characters from the table of basic hanja for educational use:
- 才 (재주 재; jaeju jae): "talent"
- 材 (재목 재; jaemok jae): "timber"
- 財 (재물 재; jaemul jae): "wealth"
- 在 (있을 재; isseul jae): "to exist", "to be located at"
- 栽 (심을 재; simeul jae): "to plant", "to cultivate"
- 㘽 (variant)
- 再 (두 재; du jae): "twice", "again"
- 哉 (어조사 재; eojosa jae): emphasis particle in Classical Chinese grammar
- 災 (재앙 재; jaeang jae): "disaster"
- 裁 (마를 재; mareul jae): "to cut"
- 載 (실을 재; sireul jae): "to load"
- 宰 (재상 재; jaesang jae): "to rule"
Nine characters from the table of additional hanja for name use:
- 梓 (가래나무 재; garaenamu jae): "Juglans mandshurica" (tree)
- 縡 (일 재; il jae): "matter", "affair"
- 齋 (재계할 재; jaegyehal jae): "to fast"
- 渽 (물 이름 재; mul ireum jae): old name of the Dadu River in Sichuan
- 滓 (찌꺼기 재; jjiggeogi jae): "remnants", "dregs"
- 齎 (가져올 재; gajyeoul jae): "to bring"
- 捚 (손바닥에 받을 재; sonbadage badeul jae): "to receive in one's palm"
- 賳 (재물 재; jaemul jae): "wealth"
- 崽 (자식 재; jasik jae): "one's own child"
People
[edit]People with the single-syllable given name Jae include:
- Kil Chae (1353–1419), Goryeo and early Joseon dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
- Hur Jae (born 1965), South Korean basketball coach and former player
Korean people who have shortened their full names to Jae in English include:
- Jae U. Jung (born Jung Jae-ung, 1960), South Korean biologist
- Jae Chong (born Chong Jae-yun, 1972), American music producer
- Jae Seo (born Seo Jae-woong, 1977), South Korean baseball player
- Jae Yoo (born Yoo Hyuk-jae, 1989), South Korean model
- Jaejae (born Lee Eun-jae, 1990), South Korean television personality
- Jae Park (born Park Jae-hyung, 1992), Argentine-born American singer
As a name element
[edit]Names which begin with this syllable include:
Names which end with this syllable include:
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 규칙 [Regulations on Registration of Family Relations] (Regulation 2954) (in Korean). 29 January 2021.