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Seok-jin석진

Seok-jin brings together “great” and “truth.” Like your name, you are someone who grows into someone great and lives truthfully.

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
碩眞碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 眞 ‘truth’
碩(클 석) + 眞(참 진)
碩振碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 振 ‘to rouse’
碩(클 석) + 振(떨칠 진)
碩辰碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
碩(클 석) + 辰(별 진)
錫眞錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 眞 ‘truth’
錫(주석 석) + 眞(참 진)
錫振錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 振 ‘to rouse’
錫(주석 석) + 振(떨칠 진)
錫辰錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
錫(주석 석) + 辰(별 진)

Who it's given to

Seok-jin is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seok-jin. Say it like suk-jeen.

석ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄱ
진ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄴ

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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