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Deok-sun덕순

Deok-sun brings together “virtue” and “gentle.” Like your name, you are someone who lives with goodness and virtue, and who 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
德順德 ‘virtue’ + 順 ‘gentle’
德(덕 덕) + 順(순할 순)
德純德 ‘virtue’ + 純 ‘pure’
德(덕 덕) + 純(순수할 순)
德淳德 ‘virtue’ + 淳 ‘honest and simple’
德(덕 덕) + 淳(순박할 순)

Who it's given to

Deok-sun is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Deok-sun. Say it like duk-soon.

덕ㄷ + ㅓ + 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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