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Gwan-seok관석

Gwan-seok brings together “generous” and “great.” Like your name, you are someone who grows into someone great and is generous and understanding.

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
寬碩寬 ‘generous’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
寬(너그러울 관) + 碩(클 석)
寬錫寬 ‘generous’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
寬(너그러울 관) + 錫(주석 석)

Who it's given to

Gwan-seok is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Gwan-seok. Say it like gwan-suk.

관ㄱ + ㅘ + ㄴ
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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