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Gi-seok기석

Gi-seok brings together “foundation” and “great.” Like your name, you are someone who builds on solid ground and grows into someone great.

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
基碩基 ‘foundation’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
基(터 기) + 碩(클 석)
基錫基 ‘foundation’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
基(터 기) + 錫(주석 석)
起碩起 ‘to rise’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
起(일어날 기) + 碩(클 석)
琪碩琪 ‘fine jade’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
琪(아름다운 옥 기) + 碩(클 석)
起錫起 ‘to rise’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
起(일어날 기) + 錫(주석 석)
琪錫琪 ‘fine jade’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
琪(아름다운 옥 기) + 錫(주석 석)

Who it's given to

Gi-seok is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Gi-seok. Say it like gee-suk.

기ㄱ + ㅣ
석ㅅ + ㅓ + 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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