Kyung-jae, Gyeong-jae, and Kyoung-jae are various Latin-alphabet spellings of a single Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based 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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with which the name is written. There are 54 hanja with the reading "
kyung" and 20 hanja with the reading "
jae" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
People with this name include:
* (birth name Bak Gyeong-jae; 1948–1988), Japan's first naturalised legislator, who represented the former
Tokyo 2nd District
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Lee Kyung-jae (born 1954), ethnic Korean community organiser in Japan
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Yun Gyeong-jae (born 1962), South Korean wrestler
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Myung Kyungjae (born 1968), South Korean biologist
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Kim Kyung-jae ( – 2002), South Korean man who died from thrombosis after a prolonged video gaming session
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Eli Kim
Ellison Kyoung-jae Kim (born March 13, 1991), better known by his stage name Eli, is a Korean American, South Korean-American singer and rapper. He is a member of South Korean boy band U-KISS.
Early life
Eli was born in Los Angeles, Californ ...
(born Kim Kyoungjae, 1991), member of South Korean boy band
U-KISS
U-KISS (; ) is a South Korean boy band formed in 2008. Their name is an acronym, standing for Ubiquitous Korean International Idol Super Star. The group is currently composed of Soohyun, Yeo Hoon-min, Hoon, Lee Ki-seop, Kiseop, Alexander Lee ( ...
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Kim Kyung-jae (footballer) (born 1993), South Korean football defender
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 ()
* Kyung-m ...
References
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Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names