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Geum-hui금희

Geum-hui brings together “brocade” and “bright and glorious.” Like your name, you are someone who lives a life as rich as brocade and lives a bright and glorious life.

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
錦熙錦 ‘brocade’ + 熙 ‘bright and glorious’
錦(비단 금) + 熙(빛날 희)
錦喜錦 ‘brocade’ + 喜 ‘joy’
錦(비단 금) + 喜(기쁠 희)
錦姬錦 ‘brocade’ + 姬 ‘princess; lady’
錦(비단 금) + 姬(계집 희)
琴熙琴 ‘zither’ + 熙 ‘bright and glorious’
琴(거문고 금) + 熙(빛날 희)
琴喜琴 ‘zither’ + 喜 ‘joy’
琴(거문고 금) + 喜(기쁠 희)
琴姬琴 ‘zither’ + 姬 ‘princess; lady’
琴(거문고 금) + 姬(계집 희)

Who it's given to

Geum-hui is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Geum-hui. Say it like geum-heui.

금ㄱ + ㅡ + ㅁ
희ㅎ + ㅢ

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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