Jae-geun

Jae-geun, also spelled Jae-keun or Jae-kun, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "jae" and 18 hanja with the reading "geun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Jae-geun
Hangul
재근
Hanja
, , and others
Revised RomanizationJae-geun
McCune–ReischauerChaegŭn

People with this name include:

  • Yun Jae-geun (1910–1972), South Korean politician; see List of members of the South Korean Constituent Assembly, 1948–50
  • Im Jae-geun (born 1950), South Korean boxer
  • In Jae-keun (born 1953), South Korean female democracy activist
  • Jang Jae-keun (born 1962), South Korean sprinter
  • Jung Jae-kun (born 1969), South Korean basketball player
  • Song Jae-kun (born 1974), South Korean short track speed skater

See also

References

  1. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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