Chae (Korean given name)
| Chae | |
| Hangul | 채 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Chae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ae |
Chae (Korean: 채), also less commonly spelled Chai, Ch'ae, or Chea, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common syllable in Korean given names.
People
People with the single-syllable given name Chae include:
- Yi Ch'ae (born 1616), Joseon Confucian writer
- Yi Ch'ae (born 1700), Joseon scholar-official
- Yi Ch'ae (born 1745), Joseon scholar-official
As a name element
There are 17 hanja with the reading Chae on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:[1]
- 菜 (나물 채 namul chae): vegetable
- 採 (캘 채 kael chae): to lift
- 彩 (채색 채 chaesaek chae): colour
- 債 (빚 채 bit chae): debt
- 采 (풍채 채 pungchae chae, 캘 채 kael chae): appearance
- 埰 (사패지 채 sapaeji chae): fief
- 寀 (녹봉 채 nokbong chae): stipend
- 蔡 (성씨 채 seongssi chae): used as a family name (originally a species of tortoise)
- 綵 (비단 채 bidan chae): silk
- 寨 (목책 채 mokchaek chae): wooden fence
- 琗 (옥빛 채 okbit chae): brightness of jade
- 砦 (진터 채 jinteo chae): fort
- 釵 (비녀 채 binyeo chae): binyeo (traditional Korean hairpin)
- 責 (빚 채 bit chae): debt
- 棌 (참나무 채 chamnamu chae): oak tree
- 婇 (여자의 자 채 yeojaui ja chae): used in women's names
- 睬 (주목할 채 jumokhal chae): to watch
Korean given names containing the element Chae include:
- Chae-won (feminine)
- Chae-yeon (feminine)
- Chae-young (feminine)
- Eun-chae (feminine)