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U-seok우석
U-seok brings together “universe” and “great.” Like your name, you are someone who dreams as big as the universe and grows into someone great.
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 |
|---|---|
| 宇碩 | 宇 ‘universe’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’ 宇(집 우) + 碩(클 석) |
| 祐碩 | 祐 ‘blessing’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’ 祐(복 우) + 碩(클 석) |
| 宇錫 | 宇 ‘universe’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ 宇(집 우) + 錫(주석 석) |
| 祐錫 | 祐 ‘blessing’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ 祐(복 우) + 錫(주석 석) |
| 佑碩 | 佑 ‘to help’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’ 佑(도울 우) + 碩(클 석) |
| 佑錫 | 佑 ‘to help’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ 佑(도울 우) + 錫(주석 석) |
- Ambition
Who it's given to
U-seok is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: U-seok. Say it like oo-suk.
우ㅇ + ㅜ
석ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄱ
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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