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Yun-u윤우

Yun-u brings together “rich and lustrous” and “universe.” Like your name, you are someone who dreams as big as the universe 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
潤宇潤 ‘rich and lustrous’ + 宇 ‘universe’
潤(윤택할 윤) + 宇(집 우)
潤祐潤 ‘rich and lustrous’ + 祐 ‘blessing’
潤(윤택할 윤) + 祐(복 우)
允宇允 ‘sincere’ + 宇 ‘universe’
允(진실로 윤) + 宇(집 우)
允祐允 ‘sincere’ + 祐 ‘blessing’
允(진실로 윤) + 祐(복 우)
潤佑潤 ‘rich and lustrous’ + 佑 ‘to help’
潤(윤택할 윤) + 佑(도울 우)
允佑允 ‘sincere’ + 佑 ‘to help’
允(진실로 윤) + 佑(도울 우)

Who it's given to

Yun-u is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yun-u. Say it like yoon-oo.

윤ㅇ + ㅠ + ㄴ
우ㅇ + ㅜ

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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