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Deok-su덕수
Deok-su brings together “virtue” and “outstanding.” Like your name, you are someone who stands out in all you do and lives with goodness and virtue.
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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 德秀 | 德 ‘virtue’ + 秀 ‘outstanding’ 德(덕 덕) + 秀(빼어날 수) |
| 德洙 | 德 ‘virtue’ + 洙 ‘riverside’ 德(덕 덕) + 洙(물가 수) |
| 德守 | 德 ‘virtue’ + 守 ‘to protect’ 德(덕 덕) + 守(지킬 수) |
- Kindness
- Strength
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Deok-su is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Deok-su. Say it like duk-soo.
덕ㄷ + ㅓ + ㄱ
수ㅅ + ㅜ
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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