Yui 유이
Yui is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 유이. 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 11,716 different ways.
Other spellings
The same name is romanized in several ways: Yui, Yu-i. They are all 유이.
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.
- 유 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
- 이 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
Hanja used for Yui
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.
유116 characters can be used
- 有exist있을 유
- 由reason, cause말미암을 유
- 柔soft, gentle부드러울 유
- 裕abundant넉넉할 유
- 侑urge, recommend권할 유
- 宥lenient너그러울 유
- 猶still, monkey오히려 유/원숭이 유
- 維rope, only벼리 유/오직 유
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
Yui 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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