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Jae-yong재용

Jae-yong brings together “to be present” and “brave.” Like your name, you are someone who is present for those you love and faces life with courage.

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
在勇在 ‘to be present’ + 勇 ‘brave’
在(있을 재) + 勇(날랠 용)
才勇才 ‘talent’ + 勇 ‘brave’
才(재주 재) + 勇(날랠 용)
在容在 ‘to be present’ + 容 ‘graceful bearing’
在(있을 재) + 容(얼굴 용)
在鏞在 ‘to be present’ + 鏞 ‘great bell’
在(있을 재) + 鏞(쇠북 용)
才容才 ‘talent’ + 容 ‘graceful bearing’
才(재주 재) + 容(얼굴 용)
才鏞才 ‘talent’ + 鏞 ‘great bell’
才(재주 재) + 鏞(쇠북 용)

Who it's given to

Jae-yong is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

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

재ㅈ + ㅐ
용ㅇ + ㅛ + ㅇ

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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