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Chan-hyeong찬형

Chan-hyeong brings together “to praise” and “to go smoothly.” Like your name, you are someone who finds that things go smoothly and is praised and admired.

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
讚亨讚 ‘to praise’ + 亨 ‘to go smoothly’
讚(기릴 찬) + 亨(형통할 형)
燦亨燦 ‘brilliant’ + 亨 ‘to go smoothly’
燦(빛날 찬) + 亨(형통할 형)
讚炯讚 ‘to praise’ + 炯 ‘bright’
讚(기릴 찬) + 炯(빛날 형)
燦炯燦 ‘brilliant’ + 炯 ‘bright’
燦(빛날 찬) + 炯(빛날 형)
贊亨贊 ‘to support’ + 亨 ‘to go smoothly’
贊(도울 찬) + 亨(형통할 형)
贊炯贊 ‘to support’ + 炯 ‘bright’
贊(도울 찬) + 炯(빛날 형)

Who it's given to

Chan-hyeong is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Chan-hyeong. Say it like chan-hyung.

찬ㅊ + ㅏ + ㄴ
형ㅎ + ㅕ + ㅇ

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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