Chae (Korean given name)

Chae, also less commonly spelled Chai, Ch'ae, or Chea, is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as a common syllable in Korean given names.

People
People with the single-syllable given name Min include:
 * Yi Ch'ae (born 1700), Joseon scholar-official
 * Yi Ch'ae (born 1745), Joseon scholar-official

As a name element
There are 17 hanja with the reading Chae on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are:


 * 1) (나물 채 namul chae): vegetable
 * 2) (캘 채 kael chae): to lift
 * 3) (채색 채 chaesaek chae): colour
 * 4) (빚 채 bit chae): debt
 * 5) (풍채 채 pungchae chae, 캘 채 kael chae): appearance
 * 6) (사패지 채 sapaeji chae): fief
 * 7) (녹봉 채 nokbong chae): stipend
 * 8) (성씨 채 seongssi chae): used as a family name (originally a species of tortoise)
 * 9) (비단 채 bidan chae): silk
 * 10) (목책 채 mokchaek chae): wooden fence
 * 11) (옥빛 채 okbit chae): brightness of jade
 * 12) (진터 채 jinteo chae): fort
 * 13) (비녀 채 binyeo chae): binyeo (traditional Korean hairpin)
 * 14) (빚 채 bit chae): debt
 * 15) (참나무 채 chamnamu chae): oak tree
 * 16) (여자의 자 채 yeojaui ja chae): used in women's names
 * 17) (주목할 채 jumokhal chae): to watch

Korean given names containing the element Chae include:
 * Chae-won (feminine)
 * Chae-yeon (feminine)
 * Chae-young (feminine)
 * Eun-chae (feminine)