Jae-sung, also spelled Jae-seong, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the
hanja
Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period.
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used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading "
jae" and 27 hanja with the reading "
seong
Seong (), also spelled Song or Sung, is an uncommon Korean family name.
Overview
The family name Seong is written with only one hanja character, meaning "succeed" or "accomplish" (). The 2000 South Korean Census found 167,903 people with this f ...
" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
People with this name include:
Entertainers
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Choi Jae-sung (born 1964), South Korean actor
Footballers
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Kim Jae-sung (born 1983), South Korean football player
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Ko Jae-sung (born 1985), South Korean football player
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Lee Jae-sung (footballer, born 1988)
Lee Jae-sung (; born 10 August 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Bundesliga club Mainz 05 and the South Korea national team.
Club career Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Lee joined Jeon ...
, South Korean football player
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Lee Jae-sung (footballer, born 1992)
Lee Jae-sung (; born 10 August 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Bundesliga club Mainz 05 and the South Korea national team.
Club career Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Lee joined Jeon ...
, South Korean football player
Other sportspeople
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Yu Jae-seong (born 1960), South Korean long-distance runner
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Jang Jae-sung (born 1975), South Korean freestyle wrestler
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An Jae-sung
An Jae-sung (born 28 May 1985) is a retired South Korean tennis player.
An has a career high ATP singles ranking of 289 achieved on 14 April 2008. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 454 achieved on 18 August 2008.
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(born 1985), South Korean tennis player
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Lee Jae-sung (boxer) (born 1983), South Korean professional boxer
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Jung Jae-sung
Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung; ; ; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional badminton player who specialized in men's doubles.
Together with his partner Lee Yong-dae, Jung spent forty weeks as World No. 1 in ...
(1982–2018), South Korean badminton player
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Oh Jae-seong (born 1992), South Korean volleyball player
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See for an explanation.anandhu
List
* Ga-young ()
* Ga-eun ()
* Ga-eul ()
* Ga-in ()
* Kang-min ()
*Gun ()
* Kun-woo ()
* Kyung-gu ()
* Kyung-lim ()
* Kyung-mo ()
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References
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Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names