Yihwa


Yihwa is a given name in various cultures.

In Chinese and Korean

In Chinese and Korean, the meaning of the name varies depending on the Chinese characters used to write each syllable of the name. For example, the Chinese-derived Korean words for "pear blossoms" and "plum blossoms" are both pronounced "Yi-hwa" in Korean. There are a great variety of potential meanings, as there are many different hanja with the reading "yi" and many different hanja with the reading "hwa" in Korean. In Chinese Pinyin, the name could also be spelled Yihua.

In Thailand

In Thai, Yihwa, also spelled Yiwha and Yiwah, is an uncommon given name meaning "soul" or "heart". It is derived from, in turn from either Sanskrit or Pali ', meaning "life". It is often a shortened form of the associated name Wanyiwa'''.

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