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Dong-il동일

Dong-il brings together “east” and “one.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and is first in what you love.

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
東一東 ‘east’ + 一 ‘one; first’
東(동녘 동) + 一(한 일)
東日東 ‘east’ + 日 ‘sun; day’
東(동녘 동) + 日(날 일)
棟一棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 一 ‘one; first’
棟(마룻대 동) + 一(한 일)
棟日棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 日 ‘sun; day’
棟(마룻대 동) + 日(날 일)

Who it's given to

Dong-il is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dong-il. Say it like dong-eel.

동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
일ㅇ + ㅣ + ㄹ

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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