| Pronunciation | /hiɛ/[1] |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | 惠(hye) meaning "love, grace, benefit, mercy, gentle, kindness, virtue, bright, wise, intelligent, beautiful" or other Hanja's meaning. |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | hae |
| Hye | |
| Hangul | 혜 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hye |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hye |
| IPA | [hje] |
Hye (Korean:혜) is an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.[2] It is especially used a lot in female names in Korea. There are 25 Hanja with the reading "hye"[3] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names, and Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it, but mostly "惠" or "慧" is used as the hanja for "hye", and "惠" is used overwhelmingly because "惠" is used as a substitute for "慧" in most chinese character culture areas.
Meanwhile, In Korea's Sejong Annals of Geography, the name Hye(嵇) is recorded as the Surname of Yeongam-gun, Jeolla-do. Currently, the Surname "Hye" is not counted, so there is a possibility that it was transformed into a name such as "Hae".[4]