Chae (Korean given name) explained

Hangul:	채
Mr:	Ch'ae
Rr:	Chae

Chae, also less commonly spelled Chai, Ch'ae, or Chea, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common syllable in Korean given names.

People

People with the single-syllable given name Min include:

• , Joseon scholar-official
• Yi Ch'ae (born 1745), Joseon scholar-official

As a name element

There are 17 hanja with the reading Chae on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:^[1]

1. (나물 채): vegetable
2. (캘 채): to lift
3. (채색 채): colour
4. (빚 채): debt
5. (풍채 채, 캘 채): appearance
6. (사패지 채): fief
7. (녹봉 채): stipend
8. (성씨 채): used as a family name (originally a species of tortoise)
9. (비단 채): silk
10. (목책 채): wooden fence
11. (옥빛 채): brightness of jade
12. (진터 채): fort
13. (비녀 채): binyeo (traditional Korean hairpin)
14. (빚 채): debt
15. (참나무 채): oak tree
16. (여자의 자 채): used in women's names
17. (주목할 채): to watch

Korean given names containing the element Chae include:

• Chae-won (feminine)
• Chae-yeon (feminine)
• Chae-young (feminine)
• Eun-chae (feminine)

See also

• List of Korean given names

Notes and References

1. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 2013-10-17.