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Cheong-a청아

Cheong-a brings together “clear” and “elegant.” Like your name, you are someone who lives with elegance and stays clear and pure.

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
淸雅淸 ‘clear’ + 雅 ‘elegant’
淸(맑을 청) + 雅(맑을 아)
淸娥淸 ‘clear’ + 娥 ‘beautiful’
淸(맑을 청) + 娥(예쁠 아)
淸兒淸 ‘clear’ + 兒 ‘child’
淸(맑을 청) + 兒(아이 아)

Who it's given to

Cheong-a is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Cheong-a. Say it like chung-ah.

청ㅊ + ㅓ + ㅇ
아ㅇ + ㅏ

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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