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Yeo-jin여진

Yeo-jin brings together “beautiful” and “truth.” Like your name, you are someone who is beautiful 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
麗眞麗 ‘beautiful’ + 眞 ‘truth’
麗(고울 려) + 眞(참 진)
麗珍麗 ‘beautiful’ + 珍 ‘treasure’
麗(고울 려) + 珍(보배 진)
麗辰麗 ‘beautiful’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
麗(고울 려) + 辰(별 진)
女眞女 ‘girl’ + 眞 ‘truth’
女(계집 녀) + 眞(참 진)
女珍女 ‘girl’ + 珍 ‘treasure’
女(계집 녀) + 珍(보배 진)
女辰女 ‘girl’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
女(계집 녀) + 辰(별 진)

Who it's given to

Yeo-jin is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yeo-jin. Say it like yuh-jeen.

여ㅇ + ㅕ
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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