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Mi-ra미라

Mi-ra brings together “beautiful” and “silk gauze.” Like your name, you are someone who is as fine as silk and is beautiful inside and out.

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
美羅美 ‘beautiful’ + 羅 ‘silk gauze’
美(아름다울 미) + 羅(벌릴 라)
媄羅媄 ‘lovely’ + 羅 ‘silk gauze’
媄(빛 고울 미) + 羅(벌릴 라)

Who it's given to

Mi-ra is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Mi-ra. Say it like mee-rah.

미ㅁ + ㅣ
라ㄹ + ㅏ

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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