Jae-shin is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "jae" and 25 hanja with the reading "shin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
Jae-shin | |
Hangul | 재신 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jae-sin |
McCune–Reischauer | Chaesin |
People with this name include:
- Chai-Shin Yu (1932–2023), Korean-Canadian academic
- Kim Jae-shin (born 1973), South Korean football manager
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Jae-sin, in 2007 South Korean film Our Town
- Moon Jae-shin, in 2010 South Korean television series Sungkyunkwan Scandal
- Lee Jae-shin, in 2012 South Korean television series The King 2 Hearts
- Yoo Jae-shin, in 2016 South Korean television series Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 1 January 2016.