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Dong-bok동복

Dong-bok brings together “east” and “good fortune.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and is blessed with good fortune.

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
東福東 ‘east’ + 福 ‘good fortune’
東(동녘 동) + 福(복 복)
棟福棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 福 ‘good fortune’
棟(마룻대 동) + 福(복 복)

Who it's given to

Dong-bok is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dong-bok. Say it like dong-bok.

동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
복ㅂ + ㅗ + ㄱ

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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