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Jin-seok진석

Jin-seok brings together “truth” and “great.” Like your name, you are someone who lives truthfully and grows into someone great.

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
眞碩眞 ‘truth’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
眞(참 진) + 碩(클 석)
眞錫眞 ‘truth’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
眞(참 진) + 錫(주석 석)
振碩振 ‘to rouse’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
振(떨칠 진) + 碩(클 석)
辰碩辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
辰(별 진) + 碩(클 석)
振錫振 ‘to rouse’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
振(떨칠 진) + 錫(주석 석)
辰錫辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
辰(별 진) + 錫(주석 석)

Who it's given to

Jin-seok is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jin-seok. Say it like jeen-suk.

진ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄴ
석ㅅ + ㅓ + 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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