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Jin-hyeong진형

Jin-hyeong brings together “truth” and “to go smoothly.” Like your name, you are someone who lives truthfully and finds that things go smoothly.

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
眞亨眞 ‘truth’ + 亨 ‘to go smoothly’
眞(참 진) + 亨(형통할 형)
眞炯眞 ‘truth’ + 炯 ‘bright’
眞(참 진) + 炯(빛날 형)
振亨振 ‘to rouse’ + 亨 ‘to go smoothly’
振(떨칠 진) + 亨(형통할 형)
辰亨辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 亨 ‘to go smoothly’
辰(별 진) + 亨(형통할 형)
振炯振 ‘to rouse’ + 炯 ‘bright’
振(떨칠 진) + 炯(빛날 형)
辰炯辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 炯 ‘bright’
辰(별 진) + 炯(빛날 형)

Who it's given to

Jin-hyeong is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jin-hyeong. Say it like jeen-hyung.

진ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄴ
형ㅎ + ㅕ + ㅇ

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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