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Jae-seop
Hangul
재섭
Hanja
, , and others
Revised RomanizationJae-seop
McCune–ReischauerChaesŏp
IPA[t͡ɕɛ.sʌp̚]

Jae-seop, also spelled Jae-sup or Jae-sub, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja and meaning

There are twenty hanja with the reading " jae" and eight hanja with the reading "seop" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • (있을 재 isseul jae "to be present"; 건널 섭 geonneol seop "to cross a stream")
  • (재목 재 jaemok jae "timber" or "talent"; 불꽃 섭 bulggot seop "blaze")

People

Fictional characters

  • Kang Jae-sup, one of the main characters in 2004 South Korean television series April Kiss
  • Jae-seop, supporting character in 2009 South Korean television series The Slingshot

See also

References

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 11 June 2016.