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Geum-ja금자
Geum-ja brings together “brocade” and “child.” Like your name, you are someone who lives a life as rich as brocade and is cherished.
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 |
|---|---|
| 錦子 | 錦 ‘brocade’ + 子 ‘child’ 錦(비단 금) + 子(아들 자) |
| 琴子 | 琴 ‘zither’ + 子 ‘child’ 琴(거문고 금) + 子(아들 자) |
| 錦慈 | 錦 ‘brocade’ + 慈 ‘mercy’ 錦(비단 금) + 慈(사랑 자) |
| 琴慈 | 琴 ‘zither’ + 慈 ‘mercy’ 琴(거문고 금) + 慈(사랑 자) |
- Beauty
- Love
Who it's given to
Geum-ja is mostly a girl's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Geum-ja. Say it like geum-jah.
금ㄱ + ㅡ + ㅁ
자ㅈ + ㅏ
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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