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Yeong-sam영삼

Yeong-sam brings together “flower” and “three.” Like your name, you are someone who finds three times the luck and blossoms and stands out.

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
英三英 ‘flower; outstanding’ + 三 ‘three’
英(꽃부리 영) + 三(석 삼)
榮三榮 ‘glory’ + 三 ‘three’
榮(영화 영) + 三(석 삼)
永三永 ‘everlasting’ + 三 ‘three’
永(길 영) + 三(석 삼)

Who it's given to

Yeong-sam is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yeong-sam. Say it like yung-sam.

영ㅇ + ㅕ + ㅇ
삼ㅅ + ㅏ + ㅁ

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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