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Jeong-u정우
Jeong-u brings together “upright” and “universe.” Like your name, you are someone who dreams as big as the universe 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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 正宇 | 正 ‘upright’ + 宇 ‘universe’ 正(바를 정) + 宇(집 우) |
| 正祐 | 正 ‘upright’ + 祐 ‘blessing’ 正(바를 정) + 祐(복 우) |
| 正佑 | 正 ‘upright’ + 佑 ‘to help’ 正(바를 정) + 佑(도울 우) |
| 晶宇 | 晶 ‘crystal clear’ + 宇 ‘universe’ 晶(맑을 정) + 宇(집 우) |
| 晶祐 | 晶 ‘crystal clear’ + 祐 ‘blessing’ 晶(맑을 정) + 祐(복 우) |
| 定宇 | 定 ‘settled’ + 宇 ‘universe’ 定(정할 정) + 宇(집 우) |
- Honesty
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Jeong-u is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Jeong-u. Say it like jung-oo.
정ㅈ + ㅓ + ㅇ
우ㅇ + ㅜ
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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