Jae-woo

Jae-wooPronunciation| /dʒæ.wu/

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Gender| Male
Origin
Word/name| Korean
Meaning| Different depending on Hanja
Jae-woo

Hangul|

Hanja|

在愚, 再祐, 載雨, and others

Revised Romanization| Jae-u
McCune–Reischauer| Chae'u
IPA| [dzɛu], [tɕɛu]

Jae-woo is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 26 hanja with the reading "jae"[1] and 60 hanja with the reading "woo"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:

* Gwak Jae-u (1552–1617), Joseon Dynasty general
* Lee Jae-woo (handballer) (born 1979), South Korean handball player
* Lee Jae-woo (baseball) (born 1980), South Korean baseball player
* Lee Jae-woo (badminton) (born 1992), South Korean badminton player
* Bae Jae-woo (born 1993), South Korean football player
* Choi Jae-woo (born 1994), South Korean freestyle skier
* Kim Jae-woo (born 1998), South Korean football player

## See also

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* List of Korean given names

## References

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1. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "재"
2. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "우"

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