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Jin-suk진숙

Jin-suk brings together “truth” and “pure and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who lives truthfully and 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
眞淑眞 ‘truth’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
眞(참 진) + 淑(맑을 숙)
珍淑珍 ‘treasure’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
珍(보배 진) + 淑(맑을 숙)
辰淑辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
辰(별 진) + 淑(맑을 숙)

Who it's given to

Jin-suk is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

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

진ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄴ
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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