Pronunciation | /wu/ |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Wu, U |
Woo | |
Hangul | 우 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | u |
McCune–Reischauer | u |
IPA | [u] |
Woo, also spelled Wu, or U, is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.[1] As a given name the meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 64 hanja with the reading "woo"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.