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Gi-yun기윤

Gi-yun brings together “foundation” and “rich and lustrous.” Like your name, you are someone who builds on solid ground and lives a rich and glowing 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
基潤基 ‘foundation’ + 潤 ‘rich and lustrous’
基(터 기) + 潤(윤택할 윤)
基允基 ‘foundation’ + 允 ‘sincere’
基(터 기) + 允(진실로 윤)
基胤基 ‘foundation’ + 胤 ‘heir; descendant’
基(터 기) + 胤(자손 윤)
起潤起 ‘to rise’ + 潤 ‘rich and lustrous’
起(일어날 기) + 潤(윤택할 윤)
起允起 ‘to rise’ + 允 ‘sincere’
起(일어날 기) + 允(진실로 윤)
琪潤琪 ‘fine jade’ + 潤 ‘rich and lustrous’
琪(아름다운 옥 기) + 潤(윤택할 윤)

Who it's given to

Gi-yun is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Gi-yun. Say it like gee-yoon.

기ㄱ + ㅣ
윤ㅇ + ㅠ + ㄴ

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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