Introducing KAI

The boy who is putting his hands together neatly is called Kai.

His stage name is "Kai" and I guess it has no relation with his real name.

Many fans say that he has "hot body" and it is true that he has splendid body shape and figure which makes him so sexy (I am not a pervert lol). Even himself recognizes that fact lol.

Actually his real Korean name is 김종인, which may be romanized as "Kim Jongin".

Unlike other western countries, in Korea, a person's name consists of family name and given name where family name comes first and given name comes last.
That means is his family name is "Kim"
and is his given name is "Jongin".

So you can call him "Kim Jongin" or just "Jongin" which is his given name.

Anyway, it would be unfamiliar with you guys but a person's name in Korea is usually comprised of three Chinese characters. One for family name and the other two for given name. Certainly, that borrowed Chinese characters are read differently in Korea's own phonological way.

One thing to focus on here is that there is special meaning to each Chinese character and of course each name has their own meaning.

Chen's name in Chinese character is written as 金鍾仁
Quite complex right?

Each Chinese character is read 金(kim)/鍾(jong)仁(in) in Korea's own phonological system. That means Chinese people will read these characters differently to Korean people.

Now, lets briefly explain the meaning included in his real Korean name.

First, 金(kim) which is his family name means "gold". But one thing you should know is that people usually don't give any substantial meaning to their first name although there exists its own corresponding meaning. That means although the Chinese character written above means "gold" in normal conversation, his family name itself has no relation to gold or something. It is just borrowed for the sound only.

Second, 鍾(jong) which is the first letter of his given name means "traditional drum made of cowhide"
and finally, 仁(in) which is the second letter of his given name means "benevolent".

"Traditional drum made of cowhide" implies meaning of preciousness because that musical instrument has beautiful resonance sound and is also a very valuable stuff. Plus the traditional musical instrument symbolizes longevity. So, we can conclude that the letter 鍾(jong) gives the meaning of "precious or longevity".

When combining both letters there comes "precious and benevolent". Which would mean he would be a precious and benevolent person.

Anyway, that was for his name. It was quite long :)

Now let's move on to his birth date.

He was born on 14 January 1994. The year 1994 was "the Year of Dog" according to the Chinese zodiac sign system.
And his constellation sign is Capricorn.

He has both parents and two younger sisters in his family members.

His height is known to be 182cm. He belongs to the group of tall members.

He is in the role of main dancer and lead rapper (Actually his dancing competence is the best among the group).

Personally the first impression I had when I first saw Kai was "He is so powerful and manly".
It is quite true that his personality is kind of masculine but after looking at him closely, I realized that he is yet a boy who loves to laugh and do mischief.

Well, thanks for reading.
See you soon!

Picture from: Official Facebook page of EXO-K

https://www.facebook.com/exok/photos/pb.172930792799440.-2207520000.1413380142./704304539662060/?type=3&theater