Young-jae

Young-jae, also spelled Yeong-jae or Yong-jae, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 34 hanja with the reading "young" and 20 hanja with the reading "jae" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1]

Young-jae
Hangul
영재
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationYeong-jae
McCune–ReischauerYŏngjae
IPA[jʌ̹ŋd͡ʑe̞]

People with this name include:

Entertainers

Sportspeople

Other

  • O Yŏng-jae (born 1935), North Korean poet and propaganda author who wrote a poem about Jong-il Peak
  • Kim Yong-jae (born 1952), North Korean diplomat

Fictional characters

  • Lee Young-jae, in 2004 South Korean television series Full House
  • Kim Young-jae, female character in 2018 South Korean television series The Third Charm

See also

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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