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Bo-ra보라

Bo-ra brings together “treasure” and “silk gauze.” Like your name, you are someone who is treasured by those around you and is as fine as silk.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
寶羅寶 ‘treasure’ + 羅 ‘silk gauze’
寶(보배 보) + 羅(벌릴 라)
普羅普 ‘universal’ + 羅 ‘silk gauze’
普(넓을 보) + 羅(벌릴 라)

Who it's given to

Bo-ra is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Bo-ra. Say it like boh-rah.

보ㅂ + ㅗ
라ㄹ + ㅏ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

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