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Dong-hun동훈

Dong-hun brings together “east” and “merit.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and achieves great things.

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
東勳東 ‘east’ + 勳 ‘merit’
東(동녘 동) + 勳(공 훈)
東薰東 ‘east’ + 薰 ‘fragrance’
東(동녘 동) + 薰(향풀 훈)
東訓東 ‘east’ + 訓 ‘teaching’
東(동녘 동) + 訓(가르칠 훈)
棟勳棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 勳 ‘merit’
棟(마룻대 동) + 勳(공 훈)
棟薰棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 薰 ‘fragrance’
棟(마룻대 동) + 薰(향풀 훈)
棟訓棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 訓 ‘teaching’
棟(마룻대 동) + 訓(가르칠 훈)

Who it's given to

Dong-hun is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dong-hun. Say it like dong-hoon.

동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
훈ㅎ + ㅜ + 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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