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Hyeok혁

Hyeok means “brilliant.” Like your name, you are someone who shines brilliantly.

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
赫赫 ‘brilliant’
赫(빛날 혁)
爀爀 ‘blazing red’
爀(붉은 빛 혁)

Who it's given to

Hyeok is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Hyeok. Say it like hyuk.

혁ㅎ + ㅕ + ㄱ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

Related names

Hyeok-gi혁기Hyeok-jun혁준Hyeok-jin혁진Ga-min가민Ga-yun가윤Ga-hui가희Gang-min강민Gang-uk강욱Gang-yun강윤
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