Gyuri 규리

Gyuri is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 규리. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 1,505 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Gyuri, Gyu-ri. They are all 규리.

Five Elements (Ohaeng)

In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.

  • 규 (starts with ㄱ)→Woodgrowth, reaching outward, new beginnings
  • 리 (starts with ㄹ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility

Hanja used for Gyuri

These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.

규35 characters can be used

  • 圭scepter홀 규
  • 規rule법 규
  • 奎star별 규
  • 叫shout부르짖을 규
  • 糾twist꼴 규
  • 揆measure헤아릴 규
  • 珪scepter홀 규
  • 葵sunflower해바라기 규

리43 characters can be used

  • 李plum오얏 리(이)
  • 理govern다스릴 리(이)
  • 利sharp, keen날카로울 리(이)
  • 離leave, separate떠날 리(이)
  • 裏inside속 리(이)
  • 履tread, shoe밟을 리(이)/신 리(이)
  • 里village, inside마을 리(이)/속 리(이)
  • 离leave, goblin떠날 리(이)/도깨비 리(이)

Names sharing a syllable

Gyuri belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.

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