Jae-seop, also spelled Jae-sup or Jae-sub, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.
Jae-seop | |
Hangul | 재섭 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jae-seop |
McCune–Reischauer | Chaesŏp |
IPA | [t͡ɕɛ.sʌp̚] |
Hanja and meaning
editThere are twenty hanja with the reading "jae" and eight hanja with the reading "seop" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:
People
edit- Kang Jae-sup (born 1948), South Korean politician
- Byun Jae-sub (born 1975), South Korean football player
Fictional characters
edit- Kang Jae-sup, in 2004 South Korean television series April Kiss
- Jae-seop, in 2009 South Korean television series The Slingshot