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Jae-ok재옥

Jae-ok brings together “talent” and “jade.” Like your name, you are someone who makes the most of your talents and is as precious as jade.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
才玉才 ‘talent’ + 玉 ‘jade’
才(재주 재) + 玉(구슬 옥)
才鈺才 ‘talent’ + 鈺 ‘treasure’
才(재주 재) + 鈺(보배 옥)
在玉在 ‘to be present’ + 玉 ‘jade’
在(있을 재) + 玉(구슬 옥)
在鈺在 ‘to be present’ + 鈺 ‘treasure’
在(있을 재) + 鈺(보배 옥)
載玉載 ‘to carry’ + 玉 ‘jade’
載(실을 재) + 玉(구슬 옥)
載鈺載 ‘to carry’ + 鈺 ‘treasure’
載(실을 재) + 鈺(보배 옥)

Who it's given to

Jae-ok is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jae-ok. Say it like jeh-ok.

재ㅈ + ㅐ
옥ㅇ + ㅗ + ㄱ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

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