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Dong-bin동빈

Dong-bin brings together “east” and “refined and well-bred.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and is refined and well-loved.

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
東彬東 ‘east’ + 彬 ‘refined and well-bred’
東(동녘 동) + 彬(빛날 빈)
東斌東 ‘east’ + 斌 ‘refined’
東(동녘 동) + 斌(빛날 빈)
棟彬棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 彬 ‘refined and well-bred’
棟(마룻대 동) + 彬(빛날 빈)
棟斌棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 斌 ‘refined’
棟(마룻대 동) + 斌(빛날 빈)

Who it's given to

Dong-bin is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dong-bin. Say it like dong-been.

동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
빈ㅂ + ㅣ + 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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