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Chae-hyeon채현

Chae-hyeon brings together “colors” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who lives a colorful life and is wise and good.

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
彩賢彩 ‘colors’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
彩(채색 채) + 賢(어질 현)
彩炫彩 ‘colors’ + 炫 ‘shining’
彩(채색 채) + 炫(밝을 현)
彩玄彩 ‘colors’ + 玄 ‘profound’
彩(채색 채) + 玄(검을 현)
采賢采 ‘to gather’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
采(캘 채) + 賢(어질 현)
采炫采 ‘to gather’ + 炫 ‘shining’
采(캘 채) + 炫(밝을 현)
采玄采 ‘to gather’ + 玄 ‘profound’
采(캘 채) + 玄(검을 현)

Who it's given to

Chae-hyeon is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Chae-hyeon. Say it like cheh-hyun.

채ㅊ + ㅐ
현ㅎ + ㅕ + 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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