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Myeong-hui명희

Myeong-hui brings together “bright” and “bright and glorious.” Like your name, you are someone who lives a bright and clear life, and who lives a bright and glorious life.

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
明熙明 ‘bright’ + 熙 ‘bright and glorious’
明(밝을 명) + 熙(빛날 희)
明喜明 ‘bright’ + 喜 ‘joy’
明(밝을 명) + 喜(기쁠 희)
明姬明 ‘bright’ + 姬 ‘princess; lady’
明(밝을 명) + 姬(계집 희)

Who it's given to

Myeong-hui is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Myeong-hui. Say it like myung-heui.

명ㅁ + ㅕ + ㅇ
희ㅎ + ㅢ

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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