Jae (Korean name)

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.

Jae
Hangul	재
Hanja	才材財在栽再哉災裁載宰梓縡齋渽滓齎捚賳崽
Revised Romanization	Jae
McCune–Reischauer	Chae

Hanja and meaning

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:

1. 才 (재주 재; jaeju jae): "talent"
   • 纔 (variant)^[a]
2. 材 (재목 재; jaemok jae): "timber"
3. 財 (재물 재; jaemul jae): "wealth"
4. 在 (있을 재; isseul jae): "to exist", "to be located at"
   • 扗 (variant)^[a]
5. 栽 (심을 재; simeul jae): "to plant", "to cultivate"
   • 㘽 (variant)
6. 再 (두 재; du jae): "twice", "again"
7. 哉 (어조사 재; eojosa jae): emphasis particle in Classical Chinese grammar
8. 災 (재앙 재; jaeang jae): "disaster"
   • 灾 (variant)^[a]
9. 裁 (마를 재; mareul jae): "to cut"
10. 載 (실을 재; sireul jae): "to load"
11. 宰 (재상 재; jaesang jae): "to rule"

Nine characters from the table of additional hanja for name use:

1. 梓 (가래나무 재; garaenamu jae): "Juglans mandshurica" (tree)
   • 榟 (variant)^[a]
2. 縡 (일 재; il jae): "matter", "affair"
3. 齋 (재계할 재; jaegyehal jae): "to fast"
   • Additional eumhun (집 재; jip jae): "study room", "studio"
   • 夈 (variant)^[a]
4. 渽 (물 이름 재; mul ireum jae): old name of the Dadu River in Sichuan
   • Additional eumhun (맑을 재; malgeul jae): "to be clear"
   • 溨 (variant)^[a]
5. 滓 (찌꺼기 재; jjiggeogi jae): "remnants", "dregs"
6. 齎 (가져올 재; gajyeoul jae): "to bring"
7. 捚 (손바닥에 받을 재; sonbadage badeul jae): "to receive in one's palm"
8. 賳 (재물 재; jaemul jae): "wealth"
9. 崽 (자식 재; jasik jae): "one's own child"

People

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

Names which begin with this syllable include:

• Jae-hee
• Jae-beom
• Jae-eun
• Jae-gyu
• Jae-hee
• Jae-ho
• Jae-hyuk
• Jae-hyun
• Jae-in
• Jae-joon
• Jae-kyung
• Jae-shin
• Jae-suk
• Jae-seop
• Jae-sung
• Jae-won
• Jae-woo
• Jae-wook
• Jae-woong
• Jae-yong
• Jae-yoon
• Jae-young

Names which end with this syllable include:

• Eun-jae
• Han-jae
• Hyuk-jae
• Min-jae
• Seung-jae
• Sung-jae
• Won-jae

Notes

1. This is officially listed as a separate character in Schedule 1 of the regulations, rather than a variant form in Schedule 2 of the regulations.