Jaewoo 재우

Jaewoo is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 재우. 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 1,782 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jaewoo, Jae-woo. They are all 재우.

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.

  • (starts with )Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • (starts with )Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Jaewoo

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.

27 characters can be used

  • exist있을 재
  • load실을 재
  • prime minister재상 재
  • cut마를 재
  • skill, art재주 재
  • timber재목 재
  • abstain, house재계할 재/집 재
  • begin, particle비롯할 재/어조사 재

66 characters can be used

  • abundant, excellent넉넉할 우/뛰어날 우
  • help도울 우
  • rain비 우
  • Yu the Great하우씨 우
  • house집 우
  • help도울 우
  • foolish어리석을 우
  • big클 우

Names sharing a syllable

Jaewoo 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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