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Hae-yeon해연

Hae-yeon brings together “sea” and “graceful.” Like your name, you are someone who has a heart as wide as the sea 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
海娟海 ‘sea’ + 娟 ‘graceful’
海(바다 해) + 娟(예쁠 연)
海姸海 ‘sea’ + 姸 ‘lovely’
海(바다 해) + 姸(고울 연)
海延海 ‘sea’ + 延 ‘to extend’
海(바다 해) + 延(늘일 연)

Who it's given to

Hae-yeon is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Hae-yeon. Say it like heh-yun.

해ㅎ + ㅐ
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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