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Cho-a초아

Cho-a brings together “beginning” and “elegant.” Like your name, you are someone who keeps the joy of new beginnings and lives with elegance.

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
初雅初 ‘beginning’ + 雅 ‘elegant’
初(처음 초) + 雅(맑을 아)
初娥初 ‘beginning’ + 娥 ‘beautiful’
初(처음 초) + 娥(예쁠 아)
初兒初 ‘beginning’ + 兒 ‘child’
初(처음 초) + 兒(아이 아)

Who it's given to

Cho-a is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Cho-a. Say it like choh-ah.

초ㅊ + ㅗ
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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