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Geum-suk금숙

Geum-suk brings together “brocade” and “pure and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who lives a life as rich as brocade and keeps a pure and gentle heart.

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
錦淑錦 ‘brocade’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
錦(비단 금) + 淑(맑을 숙)
琴淑琴 ‘zither’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
琴(거문고 금) + 淑(맑을 숙)

Who it's given to

Geum-suk is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Geum-suk. Say it like geum-sook.

금ㄱ + ㅡ + ㅁ
숙ㅅ + 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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