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Chan-mi찬미

Chan-mi brings together “brilliant” and “beautiful.” Like your name, you are someone who shines brilliantly and is beautiful inside and out.

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
燦美燦 ‘brilliant’ + 美 ‘beautiful’
燦(빛날 찬) + 美(아름다울 미)
燦媄燦 ‘brilliant’ + 媄 ‘lovely’
燦(빛날 찬) + 媄(빛 고울 미)
讚美讚 ‘to praise’ + 美 ‘beautiful’
讚(기릴 찬) + 美(아름다울 미)
讚媄讚 ‘to praise’ + 媄 ‘lovely’
讚(기릴 찬) + 媄(빛 고울 미)
贊美贊 ‘to support’ + 美 ‘beautiful’
贊(도울 찬) + 美(아름다울 미)
贊媄贊 ‘to support’ + 媄 ‘lovely’
贊(도울 찬) + 媄(빛 고울 미)

Who it's given to

Chan-mi is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Chan-mi. Say it like chan-mee.

찬ㅊ + ㅏ + ㄴ
미ㅁ + ㅣ

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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