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Deok-hui덕희

Deok-hui brings together “virtue” and “bright and glorious.” Like your name, you are someone who lives with goodness and virtue, and who 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
德熙德 ‘virtue’ + 熙 ‘bright and glorious’
德(덕 덕) + 熙(빛날 희)
德喜德 ‘virtue’ + 喜 ‘joy’
德(덕 덕) + 喜(기쁠 희)
德姬德 ‘virtue’ + 姬 ‘princess; lady’
德(덕 덕) + 姬(계집 희)

Who it's given to

Deok-hui is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Deok-hui. Say it like duk-heui.

덕ㄷ + ㅓ + 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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