Jaesang 재상

Jaesang is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 재상. 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 1,188 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jaesang, Jae-sang. They are all 재상.

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
  • 상 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement

Hanja used for Jaesang

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

상44 characters can be used

  • 上upper, above윗 상
  • 相mutual서로 상
  • 常constant, always떳떳할 상/항상 상
  • 象elephant코끼리 상
  • 尙still, yet오히려 상
  • 商measure, trade헤아릴 상/장사 상
  • 嘗taste맛볼 상
  • 喪lose잃을 상

Names sharing a syllable

Jaesang 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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