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Dam-i담이

Dam-i brings together “deep pond” and “joyful.” Like your name, you are someone who has a depth of heart like a still pond and lives a joyful 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
潭怡潭 ‘deep pond’ + 怡 ‘joyful’
潭(못 담) + 怡(기쁠 이)
淡怡淡 ‘clear and calm’ + 怡 ‘joyful’
淡(맑을 담) + 怡(기쁠 이)
潭伊潭 ‘deep pond’ + 伊 ‘that one (he/she)’
潭(못 담) + 伊(저 이)
淡伊淡 ‘clear and calm’ + 伊 ‘that one (he/she)’
淡(맑을 담) + 伊(저 이)

Who it's given to

Dam-i is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dam-i. Say it like dam-ee.

담ㄷ + ㅏ + ㅁ
이ㅇ + 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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