The terms tended to merge because of their similar pronunciations and meanings.

Although Koreans have nicknames, these usually come from their personal characteristics like appearance, a physical defect, or the word has similar pronunciation with his name.

Unrelated names with similar pronunciations occur in other cultures.

This is to ensure similar pronunciation across major languages:

It may also merely have been the result of writing the wrong character with a similar pronunciation.

The number 38 was chosen because of the similar pronunciation to "30-A".

Most of these pairs have a similar pronunciation, only varying significantly in their duration.

This is done by employing Chinese characters with similar pronunciations.

A glyph could be used as a rebus to represent a different word with the same sound or similar pronunciation.

This is reinforced by the similar pronunciation of the word for eight as "bā."