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A-won아원

A-won brings together “elegant” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who lives with elegance and is first in what you love.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
雅元雅 ‘elegant’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
雅(맑을 아) + 元(으뜸 원)
雅媛雅 ‘elegant’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’
雅(맑을 아) + 媛(여자 원)
娥元娥 ‘beautiful’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
娥(예쁠 아) + 元(으뜸 원)
娥媛娥 ‘beautiful’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’
娥(예쁠 아) + 媛(여자 원)
雅源雅 ‘elegant’ + 源 ‘source’
雅(맑을 아) + 源(근원 원)
娥源娥 ‘beautiful’ + 源 ‘source’
娥(예쁠 아) + 源(근원 원)

Who it's given to

A-won is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: A-won. Say it like ah-wun.

아ㅇ + ㅏ
원ㅇ + ㅝ + ㄴ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

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