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Yeon-jin연진

Yeon-jin brings together “graceful” and “truth.” Like your name, you are someone who moves through life with grace 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
娟眞娟 ‘graceful’ + 眞 ‘truth’
娟(예쁠 연) + 眞(참 진)
娟珍娟 ‘graceful’ + 珍 ‘treasure’
娟(예쁠 연) + 珍(보배 진)
姸眞姸 ‘lovely’ + 眞 ‘truth’
姸(고울 연) + 眞(참 진)
姸珍姸 ‘lovely’ + 珍 ‘treasure’
姸(고울 연) + 珍(보배 진)
娟辰娟 ‘graceful’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
娟(예쁠 연) + 辰(별 진)
姸辰姸 ‘lovely’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
姸(고울 연) + 辰(별 진)

Who it's given to

Yeon-jin is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yeon-jin. Say it like yun-jeen.

연ㅇ + ㅕ + ㄴ
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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