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Dong-jin동진

Dong-jin brings together “east” and “truth.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and lives truthfully.

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
東眞東 ‘east’ + 眞 ‘truth’
東(동녘 동) + 眞(참 진)
東振東 ‘east’ + 振 ‘to rouse’
東(동녘 동) + 振(떨칠 진)
東辰東 ‘east’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
東(동녘 동) + 辰(별 진)
棟眞棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 眞 ‘truth’
棟(마룻대 동) + 眞(참 진)
棟振棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 振 ‘to rouse’
棟(마룻대 동) + 振(떨칠 진)
棟辰棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
棟(마룻대 동) + 辰(별 진)

Who it's given to

Dong-jin is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dong-jin. Say it like dong-jeen.

동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
진ㅈ + 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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