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Dong-uk동욱
Dong-uk brings together “east” and “rising sun.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and shines like the rising sun.
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 |
|---|---|
| 東旭 | 東 ‘east’ + 旭 ‘rising sun’ 東(동녘 동) + 旭(아침 해 욱) |
| 東煜 | 東 ‘east’ + 煜 ‘to shine’ 東(동녘 동) + 煜(빛날 욱) |
| 棟旭 | 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 旭 ‘rising sun’ 棟(마룻대 동) + 旭(아침 해 욱) |
| 棟煜 | 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 煜 ‘to shine’ 棟(마룻대 동) + 煜(빛날 욱) |
- Light
- Nature
Who it's given to
Dong-uk is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Dong-uk. Say it like dong-ook.
동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
욱ㅇ + ㅜ + 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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