Meaning of 덕수

덕수 (Duk-Soo) means “virtue · riverbank” when written 德洙. It is a classic name, common for people born in the 1960s–80s. Its characters carry the elements 火 Fire, 水 Water, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.

Other hanja spellings

• 수 can also be written 秀 (outstanding), 修 (to cultivate), 樹 (tree)

How to pronounce 덕수

Revised Romanisation: deoksu (deok-su). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Duk-Soo. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.