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 35 hanja with the reading "yi" and 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. In Chinese Pinyin, the name could also be spelled Yihua.

In Thailand

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

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