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Jin-uk진욱
Jin-uk brings together “truth” and “rising sun.” Like your name, you are someone who lives truthfully and shines like the rising sun.
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 |
|---|---|
| 眞旭 | 眞 ‘truth’ + 旭 ‘rising sun’ 眞(참 진) + 旭(아침 해 욱) |
| 眞煜 | 眞 ‘truth’ + 煜 ‘to shine’ 眞(참 진) + 煜(빛날 욱) |
| 振旭 | 振 ‘to rouse’ + 旭 ‘rising sun’ 振(떨칠 진) + 旭(아침 해 욱) |
| 辰旭 | 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 旭 ‘rising sun’ 辰(별 진) + 旭(아침 해 욱) |
| 振煜 | 振 ‘to rouse’ + 煜 ‘to shine’ 振(떨칠 진) + 煜(빛날 욱) |
| 辰煜 | 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 煜 ‘to shine’ 辰(별 진) + 煜(빛날 욱) |
- Honesty
- Light
Who it's given to
Jin-uk is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Jin-uk. Say it like jeen-ook.
진ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄴ
욱ㅇ + 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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