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Cheol-hyeon철현

Cheol-hyeon brings together “wise” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who grows wise 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
哲賢哲 ‘wise’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
哲(밝을 철) + 賢(어질 현)
哲炫哲 ‘wise’ + 炫 ‘shining’
哲(밝을 철) + 炫(밝을 현)
哲玄哲 ‘wise’ + 玄 ‘profound’
哲(밝을 철) + 玄(검을 현)
喆賢喆 ‘wise’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
喆(밝을 철) + 賢(어질 현)
喆炫喆 ‘wise’ + 炫 ‘shining’
喆(밝을 철) + 炫(밝을 현)
澈賢澈 ‘clear’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
澈(맑을 철) + 賢(어질 현)

Who it's given to

Cheol-hyeon is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Cheol-hyeon. Say it like chul-hyun.

철ㅊ + ㅓ + ㄹ
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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