Jaehee 재희

Jaehee is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 재희. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 1,080 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jaehee, Jae-hee. They are all 재희.

Five Elements (Ohaeng)

In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.

  • 재 (starts with ㅈ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 희 (starts with ㅎ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Jaehee

These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.

재27 characters can be used

  • 在exist있을 재
  • 載load실을 재
  • 宰prime minister재상 재
  • 裁cut마를 재
  • 才skill, art재주 재
  • 材timber재목 재
  • 齋abstain, house재계할 재/집 재
  • 哉begin, particle비롯할 재/어조사 재

희40 characters can be used

  • 喜joyful기쁠 희
  • 熙shine빛날 희
  • 希hope, wish바랄 희
  • 姬woman여자 희
  • 熹shine빛날 희
  • 戲play, game놀이 희
  • 羲Fu Xi (mythical emperor)복희씨 희
  • 犧sacrifice희생 희

Names sharing a syllable

Jaehee belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.

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