Chae | |
Hangul | 채 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Chae |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ae |
Chae ( Korean: 채), also less commonly spelled Chai or Chea, is a Korean family name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
The 2000 South Korean Census found 119,251 people with the family name Chae. [1] It could be written with any of three hanja, indicating different lineages. [2] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on year 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 87.8% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Chae in their passports. Another 7.5% spelled it as Chai, 2.8% as Che, and 1.7% as Chea. [3]
蔡 (성씨 채 songssi chae) is by far the most common of the three Chae surnames. [1] This character is also used to write the Chinese family name pronounced Cài ([t͡sʰai̯˥˩]) in Mandarin. The 2000 Census found 114,069 people and 35,099 households with this surname, divided among seventeen reported bon-gwan (clan hometowns, not necessarily the actual residence of clan members), as well as eighty-six people whose bon-gwan was not stated: [1]
菜 (나물 채 namul chae) is the second-most common of the three Chae surnames. [1] The 2000 Census found 3,516 people and 1,067 households with this surname, divided among two reported bon-gwan: [1]
采 (풍채 채 pungchae chae, 캘 채 kael chae) is the least common of the three Chae surnames. [1] The 2000 Census found 1,666 people and 566 households with this surname, with one reported bon-gwan: [1]
People with these family names include:
Chae | |
Hangul | 채 |
---|---|
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Chae |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ae |
Chae ( Korean: 채), also less commonly spelled Chai or Chea, is a Korean family name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
The 2000 South Korean Census found 119,251 people with the family name Chae. [1] It could be written with any of three hanja, indicating different lineages. [2] In a study by the National Institute of the Korean Language based on year 2007 application data for South Korean passports, it was found that 87.8% of people with this surname spelled it in Latin letters as Chae in their passports. Another 7.5% spelled it as Chai, 2.8% as Che, and 1.7% as Chea. [3]
蔡 (성씨 채 songssi chae) is by far the most common of the three Chae surnames. [1] This character is also used to write the Chinese family name pronounced Cài ([t͡sʰai̯˥˩]) in Mandarin. The 2000 Census found 114,069 people and 35,099 households with this surname, divided among seventeen reported bon-gwan (clan hometowns, not necessarily the actual residence of clan members), as well as eighty-six people whose bon-gwan was not stated: [1]
菜 (나물 채 namul chae) is the second-most common of the three Chae surnames. [1] The 2000 Census found 3,516 people and 1,067 households with this surname, divided among two reported bon-gwan: [1]
采 (풍채 채 pungchae chae, 캘 채 kael chae) is the least common of the three Chae surnames. [1] The 2000 Census found 1,666 people and 566 households with this surname, with one reported bon-gwan: [1]
People with these family names include: