Jae-kyung is a Korean unisex given name.[1] The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "jae" and 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2]
Jae-kyung | |
Hangul | 재경 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jae-gyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Chae-gyŏng |
People with this name include:
- Pak Jae-gyong (born 1933), North Korean politician and soldier
- Cha Jae-kyung (born 1971), South Korean handball player
- Jane Shin (born Shin Jae-kyung, 1980), South Korean-born Canadian academic and former politician
- Park Jae-kyung (golfer) (born 1984), South Korean professional golfer
- Kim Jae-kyung (born 1988), South Korean actress
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "재경, 이름검색". Erumy Naming Service. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. pp. 3, 29. Retrieved 2013-10-17.