Jae-woong, also spelled Jae-ung, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs 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, ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading " jae" and two hanja with the reading "

woong Woong, also spelled Ung, is a Korean masculine given name and name element. It is one of a small number of single-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are only two hanja with this reading on t ...

" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *

Jae U. Jung Jae U. Jung is an expert in the molecular biology of herpes viruses and their gene products as they relate to cell biology, biochemistry and immunology. His research addresses several key biological features of virus-host interactions, with a f ...

(born 1960), South Korean biologist * Han Jae-woong (born 1984), South Korean football winger * Kim Jae-woong (born 1988), South Korean football forward * Lee Jae-woong (sledge hockey) (born 1996), South Korean sledge hockey player * Chung Jae-woong (born 1999), South Korean speed skater * Song Jae-ung, South Korean diver, competed in Diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform

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{{given name Korean masculine given names

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