Meaning of 재원

재원 (Jae-Won) means “talent, material · source, spring” when written 材源. It is one of the most popular names for babies born in Korea in the 2020s. Its characters carry the elements 木 Wood, 水 Water, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.

Other hanja spellings

• 재 can also be written 在 (to exist, be), 宰 (to govern), 載 (to carry, record)
• 원 can also be written 媛 (graceful woman), 元 (origin, first), 苑 (garden), 圓 (round, complete)

How to pronounce 재원

Revised Romanisation: jaewon (jae-won). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Jae-Won. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.