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Kim Swee name meaning

  • 金瑞gold; auspicious omen
  • 金水gold; water
  • 錦瑞brocade; auspicious omen
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
K
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
4
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters金瑞金水錦瑞金穗
2

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Kim Swee

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Chinese Names: K

Kim Swee is a Chinese boy's name from Hokkien; Kim is usually 金 'gold' and Swee can be 瑞 'auspicious omen' or 水 'water'.

Chinese characters for Kim Swee

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 金瑞

    gold; auspicious omen

    Hokkien kim sūi / Mandarin jīn ruì

    attested

  • 金水

    gold; water

    Hokkien kim súi / Mandarin jīn shuǐ

    attested

  • 錦瑞

    brocade; auspicious omen

    Hokkien kím sūi / Mandarin jǐn ruì

  • 金穗

    gold; ear of grain

    Hokkien kim sūi / Mandarin jīn suì

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Kim Swee

Kim Swee is a Hokkien romanization. Kim is usually 金 (gold) or 錦 (brocade), and Swee can be 瑞 (auspicious omen), 水 (water) or 穗 (ear of grain). The characters 金瑞 and 金水 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationHokkien
PartsKim + Swee
First letterChinese Names starting with K

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 金 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 金 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 瑞 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. MDBG: 瑞 · mdbg.net · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 水 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. MDBG: 水 · mdbg.net · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 錦 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  8. MDBG: 錦 · mdbg.net · meaning
  9. Wiktionary: 穗 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  10. MDBG: 穗 · mdbg.net · meaning

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