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Chan-ung찬웅

Chan-ung brings together “to praise” and “heroic.” Like your name, you are someone who is praised and admired, and who lives boldly and bravely.

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
讚雄讚 ‘to praise’ + 雄 ‘heroic’
讚(기릴 찬) + 雄(수컷 웅)
燦雄燦 ‘brilliant’ + 雄 ‘heroic’
燦(빛날 찬) + 雄(수컷 웅)
贊雄贊 ‘to support’ + 雄 ‘heroic’
贊(도울 찬) + 雄(수컷 웅)

Who it's given to

Chan-ung is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Chan-ung. Say it like chan-oong.

찬ㅊ + ㅏ + ㄴ
웅ㅇ + ㅜ + 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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