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Jin-hyeok진혁

Jin-hyeok brings together “truth” and “brilliant.” Like your name, you are someone who lives truthfully and 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
眞赫眞 ‘truth’ + 赫 ‘brilliant’
眞(참 진) + 赫(빛날 혁)
眞爀眞 ‘truth’ + 爀 ‘blazing red’
眞(참 진) + 爀(붉은 빛 혁)
振赫振 ‘to rouse’ + 赫 ‘brilliant’
振(떨칠 진) + 赫(빛날 혁)
辰赫辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 赫 ‘brilliant’
辰(별 진) + 赫(빛날 혁)
振爀振 ‘to rouse’ + 爀 ‘blazing red’
振(떨칠 진) + 爀(붉은 빛 혁)
辰爀辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 爀 ‘blazing red’
辰(별 진) + 爀(붉은 빛 혁)

Who it's given to

Jin-hyeok is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jin-hyeok. Say it like jeen-hyuk.

진ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄴ
혁ㅎ + ㅕ + 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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