Hae-jin is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning varies based on the
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
used to write each syllable of the name. There are 23 hanja with the reading "hae" and 48 hanja with the reading "jin" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
People with this name include:
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Yoo Hae-jin
Yoo Hae-jin (born January 4, 1970) is a South Korean actor.
Career
As a child, Yoo Hae-jin would often slip in through the backdoor of a cultural center near his home to watch events that were being held there. After seeing a play in eighth gra ...
(born 1969), South Korean actor
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Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee (born 1970), South Korean-born American female writer and artist
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Cho Hae-jin
Cho Hae-jin (born 1976) is a South Korean writer.
Life
Cho Hae-jin was born in 1976 in Seoul, and graduated from the Ewha Womans University in education, and then graduated from the same university's graduate school in Korean literature. She be ...
(born 1976), South Korean female writer
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Park Hae-jin
Park Hae-jin (born May 1, 1983) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in dramas ''My Love from the Star'' (2013) and ''Doctor Stranger'' (2014), and his leading roles in ''Bad Guys'' (2014), ''Cheese in the Trap'' (201 ...
(born 1983), South Korean actor
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Kim Hae-jin
Kim Hae-jin (; born April 23, 1997) is a South Korean former figure skater. She is the 2012 JGP Slovenia champion and a three-time (2010, 2011, and 2012) South Korean national champion. She was selected to represent her country at the 2014 Wint ...
(born 1997), South Korean female figure skater
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
*South Korean government-list hanja for use in personal names, on
Wiktionary
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References
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Korean unisex given names