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Dong-gyu동규
Dong-gyu brings together “east” and “a bright star.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and shines like a bright star.
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 |
|---|---|
| 東奎 | 東 ‘east’ + 奎 ‘a bright star’ 東(동녘 동) + 奎(별 규) |
| 東圭 | 東 ‘east’ + 圭 ‘jade tablet’ 東(동녘 동) + 圭(서옥 규) |
| 棟奎 | 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 奎 ‘a bright star’ 棟(마룻대 동) + 奎(별 규) |
| 棟圭 | 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 圭 ‘jade tablet’ 棟(마룻대 동) + 圭(서옥 규) |
- Light
- Nature
Who it's given to
Dong-gyu is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Dong-gyu. Say it like dong-gyoo.
동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
규ㄱ + ㅠ
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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