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Cho-yeon초연

Cho-yeon brings together “beginning” and “graceful.” Like your name, you are someone who keeps the joy of new beginnings and moves through life with grace.

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
初娟初 ‘beginning’ + 娟 ‘graceful’
初(처음 초) + 娟(예쁠 연)
初姸初 ‘beginning’ + 姸 ‘lovely’
初(처음 초) + 姸(고울 연)
初延初 ‘beginning’ + 延 ‘to extend’
初(처음 초) + 延(늘일 연)

Who it's given to

Cho-yeon is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Cho-yeon. Say it like choh-yun.

초ㅊ + ㅗ
연ㅇ + 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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