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Jeong-suk정숙

Jeong-suk brings together “upright” and “pure and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who lives honestly and uprightly, and who keeps a pure and gentle 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:

HanjaMeaning
正淑正 ‘upright’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
正(바를 정) + 淑(맑을 숙)
貞淑貞 ‘steadfast’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
貞(곧을 정) + 淑(맑을 숙)
晶淑晶 ‘crystal clear’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
晶(맑을 정) + 淑(맑을 숙)

Who it's given to

Jeong-suk is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jeong-suk. Say it like jung-sook.

정ㅈ + ㅓ + ㅇ
숙ㅅ + ㅜ + 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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