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Bok-hui복희

Bok-hui brings together “good fortune” and “bright and glorious.” Like your name, you are someone who is blessed with good fortune and lives a bright and glorious life.

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
福熙福 ‘good fortune’ + 熙 ‘bright and glorious’
福(복 복) + 熙(빛날 희)
福喜福 ‘good fortune’ + 喜 ‘joy’
福(복 복) + 喜(기쁠 희)
福姬福 ‘good fortune’ + 姬 ‘princess; lady’
福(복 복) + 姬(계집 희)

Who it's given to

Bok-hui is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Bok-hui. Say it like bok-heui.

복ㅂ + ㅗ + ㄱ
희ㅎ + ㅢ

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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