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Cho-won초원
Cho-won brings together “beginning” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who keeps the joy of new beginnings and is first in what you love.
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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 初元 | 初 ‘beginning’ + 元 ‘first; origin’ 初(처음 초) + 元(으뜸 원) |
| 初媛 | 初 ‘beginning’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’ 初(처음 초) + 媛(여자 원) |
| 初源 | 初 ‘beginning’ + 源 ‘source’ 初(처음 초) + 源(근원 원) |
- Joy
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Cho-won is mostly a girl's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Cho-won. Say it like choh-wun.
초ㅊ + ㅗ
원ㅇ + ㅝ + 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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