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Yeon-suk연숙

Yeon-suk brings together “graceful” and “pure and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who moves through life with grace and keeps a pure and gentle heart.

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
娟淑娟 ‘graceful’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
娟(예쁠 연) + 淑(맑을 숙)
姸淑姸 ‘lovely’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
姸(고울 연) + 淑(맑을 숙)
延淑延 ‘to extend’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
延(늘일 연) + 淑(맑을 숙)

Who it's given to

Yeon-suk is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yeon-suk. Say it like yun-sook.

연ㅇ + ㅕ + ㄴ
숙ㅅ + ㅜ + 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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