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Chae (Korean given name)

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Chae
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChae
McCune–ReischauerCh'ae

Chae (Korean), also less commonly spelled Chai, Ch'ae, or Chea, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common syllable in Korean given names.

People

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People with the single-syllable given name Chae include:

As a name element

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There are 17 hanja with the reading Chae on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:[1]

  1. (나물 채 namul chae): vegetable
  2. (캘 채 kael chae): to lift
  3. (채색 채 chaesaek chae): colour
  4. (빚 채 bit chae): debt
  5. (풍채 채 pungchae chae, 캘 채 kael chae): appearance
  6. (사패지 채 sapaeji chae): fief
  7. (녹봉 채 nokbong chae): stipend
  8. (성씨 채 seongssi chae): used as a family name (originally a species of tortoise)
  9. (비단 채 bidan chae): silk
  10. (목책 채 mokchaek chae): wooden fence
  11. (옥빛 채 okbit chae): brightness of jade
  12. (진터 채 jinteo chae): fort
  13. (비녀 채 binyeo chae): binyeo (traditional Korean hairpin)
  14. (빚 채 bit chae): debt
  15. (참나무 채 chamnamu chae): oak tree
  16. (여자의 자 채 yeojaui ja chae): used in women's names
  17. (주목할 채 jumokhal chae): to watch

Korean given names containing the element Chae include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.