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Jeong-gil정길

Jeong-gil brings together “upright” and “good fortune.” Like your name, you are someone who is blessed with good fortune and lives honestly and uprightly.

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
正吉正 ‘upright’ + 吉 ‘good fortune’
正(바를 정) + 吉(길할 길)
晶吉晶 ‘crystal clear’ + 吉 ‘good fortune’
晶(맑을 정) + 吉(길할 길)
定吉定 ‘settled’ + 吉 ‘good fortune’
定(정할 정) + 吉(길할 길)

Who it's given to

Jeong-gil is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jeong-gil. Say it like jung-geel.

정ㅈ + ㅓ + ㅇ
길ㄱ + ㅣ + ㄹ

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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