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.

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

Hanja and meaning edit

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 edit

Fictional characters edit

  • 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 edit

References edit

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