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Seok-dong석동
Seok-dong brings together “great” and “east.” Like your name, you are someone who grows into someone great and rises bright like the morning sun in the east.
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 |
|---|---|
| 碩東 | 碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 東 ‘east’ 碩(클 석) + 東(동녘 동) |
| 碩棟 | 碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ 碩(클 석) + 棟(마룻대 동) |
| 錫東 | 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 東 ‘east’ 錫(주석 석) + 東(동녘 동) |
| 錫棟 | 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ 錫(주석 석) + 棟(마룻대 동) |
- Ambition
- Light
- Nature
Who it's given to
Seok-dong is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Seok-dong. Say it like suk-dong.
석ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄱ
동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
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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