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Bok-sun복순

Bok-sun brings together “good fortune” and “gentle.” Like your name, you are someone who is blessed with good fortune and finds life gentle and smooth.

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
福順福 ‘good fortune’ + 順 ‘gentle’
福(복 복) + 順(순할 순)
福純福 ‘good fortune’ + 純 ‘pure’
福(복 복) + 純(순수할 순)
福淳福 ‘good fortune’ + 淳 ‘honest and simple’
福(복 복) + 淳(순박할 순)

Who it's given to

Bok-sun is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Bok-sun. Say it like bok-soon.

복ㅂ + ㅗ + ㄱ
순ㅅ + ㅜ + ㄴ

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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