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Dong-wan동완

Dong-wan brings together “east” and “complete.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and lives a full and complete life.

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
東完東 ‘east’ + 完 ‘complete’
東(동녘 동) + 完(완전할 완)
棟完棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 完 ‘complete’
棟(마룻대 동) + 完(완전할 완)
東婉東 ‘east’ + 婉 ‘gentle and graceful’
東(동녘 동) + 婉(순할 완)
棟婉棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ + 婉 ‘gentle and graceful’
棟(마룻대 동) + 婉(순할 완)

Who it's given to

Dong-wan is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dong-wan. Say it like dong-wan.

동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
완ㅇ + ㅘ + 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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