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Yeon-je연제

Yeon-je brings together “graceful” and “to help across.” Like your name, you are someone who moves through life with grace and helps others across hard times.

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
娟濟娟 ‘graceful’ + 濟 ‘to help across; to aid’
娟(예쁠 연) + 濟(건널 제)
姸濟姸 ‘lovely’ + 濟 ‘to help across; to aid’
姸(고울 연) + 濟(건널 제)
娟悌娟 ‘graceful’ + 悌 ‘brotherly respect’
娟(예쁠 연) + 悌(공손할 제)
姸悌姸 ‘lovely’ + 悌 ‘brotherly respect’
姸(고울 연) + 悌(공손할 제)
延濟延 ‘to extend’ + 濟 ‘to help across; to aid’
延(늘일 연) + 濟(건널 제)
延悌延 ‘to extend’ + 悌 ‘brotherly respect’
延(늘일 연) + 悌(공손할 제)

Who it's given to

Yeon-je is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yeon-je. Say it like yun-jeh.

연ㅇ + ㅕ + ㄴ
제ㅈ + ㅔ

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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