Chae-won
(Redirected from Chaewon)
| Pronunciation | /tʃæ.wʌn/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | different depending on Hanja |
| Chae-won | |
| Hangul | 채원 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Chae-won |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'aewŏn |
| IPA | [tɕʰɛwʌn] |
Chae-won is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly feminine. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 18 hanja with the reading "chae"[1] and 47 hanja with the reading "won"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Chae-won was the seventh-most-popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 2013.[3][4]
People
[edit]People with this name include:
- Lee Chae-won (born 1981), South Korean cross-country skier
- Moon Chae-won (born 1986), South Korean actress
- So Chae-won (born 1997), South Korean archer
- Kim Chaewon (born 2000), South Korean singer
Fictional characters
[edit]Fictional characters with this name include:
- Min Chae-won, in 2013 South Korean television series A Hundred Year Legacy
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "채"
- ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "원"
- ^ list of the most popular given names in South Korea
- ^ "신생아 인기 이름 1위, 철수와 영자에서…세월 따라 이름도". Maeil Business Newspaper. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
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