| Won-jae | |
| Hangul | 원재 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 原 載, 源 在, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Won-jae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Wŏnjae |
Won-jae is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "won" and 20 hanja with the reading "jae" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may registered for use in given names. [1]
Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation. Hanja-mal or Hanja-eo refers to words that can be written with Hanja, and hanmun refers to Classical Chinese writing, although "Hanja" is sometimes used loosely to encompass these other concepts. Because Hanja never underwent major reform, they are almost entirely identical to traditional Chinese and kyūjitai characters, though the stroke orders for some characters are slightly different. For example, the characters 教 and 研 are written as 敎 and 硏. Only a small number of Hanja characters are modified or unique to Korean. By contrast, many of the Chinese characters currently in use in Japan and Mainland China have been simplified, and contain fewer strokes than the corresponding Hanja characters.
Jae is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are twenty hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; common ones are listed in the table at right.
People with this name include:
- Park Won-jae (born 1984), South Korean footballer
- Lee Won-jae (born 1986), South Korean footballer
- Song Won-jae (born 1989), South Korean footballer
- Eun Won-jae (born 1994), South Korean actor
Park Won-jae is a South Korea footballer, who currently plays as Full back for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
Lee Won-jae is a South Korean football player who plays for Nakhon Ratchasima.
Song Won-jae is a South Korean footballer who plays as defender for Bucheon FC in K League Challenge.
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Hyun Won-jae, in 2007–2010 South Korean manhwa series The Breaker
- Park Won-jae, in 2008 South Korean film Crazy Waiting
- Choi Won-jae, in 2013 South Korean television series Empire of Gold
The Breaker is a South Korean manhwa series written by Jeon Geuk-jin and illustrated by Park Jin-hwan under the pen name Kamaro. The Breaker was serialized in Daiwon C.I.'s Young Champ's magazine between June 2007 and July 2010. It is followed by The Breaker: New Waves which is published on Daum Communications' online comics portal beginning 2010.
Crazy Waiting, also known as The Longest 24 Months or Going Crazy Waiting, is a 2008 South Korean film written and directed by Ryu Seung-jin.
Empire of Gold is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Go Soo, Lee Yo-won, and Son Hyun-joo. It aired on SBS from July 1 to September 17, 2013 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
