Save Gender Masculine Usage Korean Scripts 재일(Korean Hangul) 在日, 在一, etc.(Korean Hanja) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕɛ.iɭ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Sino-Korean 在 (jae) meaning "located at, exist" combined with 日 (il) meaning "sun, day" or 一 (il) meaning "one". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.