Pronunciation | /tʃæ.wʌn/ |
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Gender | Unisex |
Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | different depending on Hanja |
Chae-won | |
Hangul | 채원 |
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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 with this name include:
Fictional characters with this name include: