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Hyeon-suk현숙

Hyeon-suk brings together “wise and virtuous” and “pure and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who is wise and good, and who keeps a pure and gentle heart.

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
賢淑賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
賢(어질 현) + 淑(맑을 숙)
炫淑炫 ‘shining’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
炫(밝을 현) + 淑(맑을 숙)
玄淑玄 ‘profound’ + 淑 ‘pure and virtuous’
玄(검을 현) + 淑(맑을 숙)

Who it's given to

Hyeon-suk is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Hyeon-suk. Say it like hyun-sook.

현ㅎ + ㅕ + ㄴ
숙ㅅ + ㅜ + ㄱ

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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