Hai 하이

Hai is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 하이. 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 3,232 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Hai, Ha-i. They are all 하이.

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.

  • 하 (starts with ㅎ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
  • 이 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Hai

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.

하32 characters can be used

  • 河river물 하
  • 荷carry, scold멜 하/꾸짖을 하
  • 夏summer여름 하
  • 昰summer여름 하
  • 下below아래 하
  • 嘏big클 하
  • 何how, scold, carry어찌 하/꾸짖을 하/멜 하
  • 霞rosy clouds노을 하

이101 characters can be used

  • 李plum오얏 리(이)
  • 理govern다스릴 리(이)
  • 而connects words말 이을 이
  • 以by means of써 이
  • 利sharp, keen날카로울 리(이)
  • 易easy쉬울 이
  • 離leave, separate떠날 리(이)
  • 已already이미 이

Names sharing a syllable

Hai 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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