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Seo-rim서림

Seo-rim brings together “auspicious omen” and “beautiful jade.” Like your name, you are someone who is followed by good fortune and is as precious as beautiful jade.

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
瑞琳瑞 ‘auspicious omen’ + 琳 ‘beautiful jade’
瑞(상서 서) + 琳(아름다운 옥 림)
序琳序 ‘order’ + 琳 ‘beautiful jade’
序(차례 서) + 琳(아름다운 옥 림)
書琳書 ‘writing; books’ + 琳 ‘beautiful jade’
書(글 서) + 琳(아름다운 옥 림)

Who it's given to

Seo-rim is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seo-rim. Say it like suh-reem.

서ㅅ + ㅓ
림ㄹ + ㅣ + ㅁ

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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