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Dan-a단아

Dan-a brings together “sincere heart” and “elegant.” Like your name, you are someone who keeps a sincere heart 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
丹雅丹 ‘sincere heart; red’ + 雅 ‘elegant’
丹(붉을 단) + 雅(맑을 아)
丹娥丹 ‘sincere heart; red’ + 娥 ‘beautiful’
丹(붉을 단) + 娥(예쁠 아)
丹兒丹 ‘sincere heart; red’ + 兒 ‘child’
丹(붉을 단) + 兒(아이 아)

Who it's given to

Dan-a is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dan-a. Say it like dan-ah.

단ㄷ + ㅏ + ㄴ
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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