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Gil-hong길홍
Gil-hong brings together “good fortune” and “vast.” Like your name, you are someone who is blessed with good fortune and has a vast and generous 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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 吉洪 | 吉 ‘good fortune’ + 洪 ‘vast’ 吉(길할 길) + 洪(넓을 홍) |
| 吉弘 | 吉 ‘good fortune’ + 弘 ‘great’ 吉(길할 길) + 弘(클 홍) |
- Fortune
- Kindness
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Gil-hong is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Gil-hong. Say it like geel-hong.
길ㄱ + ㅣ + ㄹ
홍ㅎ + ㅗ + ㅇ
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