글은 제 이름 석 자나 알면 족하다 It's enough to know how to write the three characters of your name.
This proverbs reminds the listener (of possibly a bygone era) that extensively studying reading and writing is not a necessity. It is is enough to know the three characters of your name. The first character would be someone's family name, and the remaining two characters their personal name.
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