Jaeyoung 재영

Jaeyoung is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 재영. 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 2,349 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jaeyoung, Jae-young. They are all 재영.

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
  • 영 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Jaeyoung

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

영87 characters can be used

  • 永long, recite길 영/읊을 영
  • 榮glory, flower영화 영/꽃 영
  • 英flower petal꽃부리 영
  • 令cause, order하여금 령(영)
  • 映shine비칠 영
  • 營manage경영할 영
  • 寧peaceful, stable편안할 녕(영)
  • 靈spirit신령 령(영)

Names sharing a syllable

Jaeyoung 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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