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Hyeon-dong현동
Hyeon-dong brings together “wise and virtuous” and “east.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east and is wise and good.
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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 賢東 | 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ + 東 ‘east’ 賢(어질 현) + 東(동녘 동) |
| 炫東 | 炫 ‘shining’ + 東 ‘east’ 炫(밝을 현) + 東(동녘 동) |
| 賢棟 | 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ + 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ 賢(어질 현) + 棟(마룻대 동) |
| 炫棟 | 炫 ‘shining’ + 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ 炫(밝을 현) + 棟(마룻대 동) |
| 玄東 | 玄 ‘profound’ + 東 ‘east’ 玄(검을 현) + 東(동녘 동) |
| 玄棟 | 玄 ‘profound’ + 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ 玄(검을 현) + 棟(마룻대 동) |
- Wisdom
- Light
- Nature
Who it's given to
Hyeon-dong is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Hyeon-dong. Say it like hyun-dong.
현ㅎ + ㅕ + ㄴ
동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
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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