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-You can't just say a word in whose korean name means so-and-so.
This is because of how most korean grown-ups were named.
For starters, they use a letter that all the male new borns from same generation, same kin, same last name are going to use in their names. For me it's "Young" and they decided "Sun" would go well with it. Therethrough I was named "Sun Young" Easy? Think again.
-The letter "Young" there is only one way to write it in korean. However, there are more than 40 different chinese characters I can use to write word "Young". And each one meaning different things.. such as 'manage', 'flower', 'jade', 'sea', 'rule',
'longetivity', 'snow' and so on and on and on..
And for "Sun" I found 34 with help from Windows IME.
It's unlikely that your parents will use a chinese character that means bad things, but even assuming 50% of the characters are good.
You get about [.50 * 40 = 20] [.50 * 34 = 17] [20 * 17 = 340]possible combination of chinese characters for a two (korean) letter name. [when using chinese characters for a name they'd try to match the character's meaning as best as they can. so some of the combinations seems akward. disregard those combo. but still lots of them remain for parents to choose]
-Most new borns now are named using korean word that doesn't mean anything in chinese. But just sound cute and simple :]-
ie. Hanul(sky) Bada(ocean) Byul(star)
-Thanks for reading. halfway thru I got sleepy so most of it won't make any sense but hope I kinda helped those that might be interested in Korean names~
This is because of how most korean grown-ups were named.
For starters, they use a letter that all the male new borns from same generation, same kin, same last name are going to use in their names. For me it's "Young" and they decided "Sun" would go well with it. Therethrough I was named "Sun Young" Easy? Think again.
-The letter "Young" there is only one way to write it in korean. However, there are more than 40 different chinese characters I can use to write word "Young". And each one meaning different things.. such as 'manage', 'flower', 'jade', 'sea', 'rule',
'longetivity', 'snow' and so on and on and on..
And for "Sun" I found 34 with help from Windows IME.
It's unlikely that your parents will use a chinese character that means bad things, but even assuming 50% of the characters are good.
You get about [.50 * 40 = 20] [.50 * 34 = 17] [20 * 17 = 340]possible combination of chinese characters for a two (korean) letter name. [when using chinese characters for a name they'd try to match the character's meaning as best as they can. so some of the combinations seems akward. disregard those combo. but still lots of them remain for parents to choose]
-Most new borns now are named using korean word that doesn't mean anything in chinese. But just sound cute and simple :]-
ie. Hanul(sky) Bada(ocean) Byul(star)
-Thanks for reading. halfway thru I got sleepy so most of it won't make any sense but hope I kinda helped those that might be interested in Korean names~
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