Hi *^^*

[balg-um]

My name is Kim Hae-balg-um.

Nice to meet you!!

I was born in Namyangju city.

So I live in a dormitory.

I think of my family every now and then.

My family is father, mother, older sister and me.

I like English. But It's difficult for me.

I'll study hard English.

Have a nice day!!

[Jason M. Ham]

Your first name, Hae Balg Um, is unique. What does it mean?

[balg-um]

Your first name, Hae Balg Um, is unique. What does it mean?

My name is the pure Korean language.

My father want me to live always lightly.

My old-sister name is Hae Malg um.

So many people are confused.

But I'm proud of my name, because my name means that my father loves me.

[James Trotta]

What do you mean by pure Korean? Does that mean you don't have Chinese characters? Does your name translate into English?

[balg-um]

What do you mean by pure Korean? Does that mean you don't have Chinese characters? Does your name translate into English?

Pure Korean name don't have Chinese characters.

But I don't know... so I'll think about that. ^^

[Jason M. Ham]

I heard that Balgum means light or bright and Malgum means clear in English. Is this right?
I suppose if you wanted to use Chinese characters to write a purely Korean name, you'd have to go about it in the same way a westerner would, right?
You'd have to select characters that come the closest to matching each syllable sound in your name. I think they broke mine up something like this: Haem-Jae-I-Seon for Ham, Jason. I then had to choose between two to three characters for each syllable (usually all with a positive or neutral meaning). They also manipulated my name a bit and added an extra symbol so it could have a better meaning. In the end, when I had a Chinese person read it, it sounded something like my name, but not quite. It was fun though. Actually, I think I forgot the symbols already--better go study them again...