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Yun-seok윤석

Yun-seok brings together “rich and lustrous” and “great.” Like your name, you are someone who grows into someone great and lives a rich and glowing life.

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
潤碩潤 ‘rich and lustrous’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
潤(윤택할 윤) + 碩(클 석)
允碩允 ‘sincere’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
允(진실로 윤) + 碩(클 석)
潤錫潤 ‘rich and lustrous’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
潤(윤택할 윤) + 錫(주석 석)
允錫允 ‘sincere’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
允(진실로 윤) + 錫(주석 석)
胤碩胤 ‘heir; descendant’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
胤(자손 윤) + 碩(클 석)
胤錫胤 ‘heir; descendant’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
胤(자손 윤) + 錫(주석 석)

Who it's given to

Yun-seok is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yun-seok. Say it like yoon-suk.

윤ㅇ + ㅠ + ㄴ
석ㅅ + ㅓ + 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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