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Jong-guk종국

Jong-guk brings together “bell” and “nation.” Like your name, you are someone who rings out clear like a bell and grows into someone others can rely on.

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
鍾國鍾 ‘bell’ + 國 ‘nation’
鍾(쇠북 종) + 國(나라 국)
宗國宗 ‘ancestral root’ + 國 ‘nation’
宗(마루 종) + 國(나라 국)

Who it's given to

Jong-guk is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jong-guk. Say it like jong-gook.

종ㅈ + ㅗ + ㅇ
국ㄱ + 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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