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Hyeon-u현우

Hyeon-u brings together “wise and virtuous” and “universe.” Like your name, you are someone who dreams as big as the universe 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:

HanjaMeaning
賢宇賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ + 宇 ‘universe’
賢(어질 현) + 宇(집 우)
賢祐賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ + 祐 ‘blessing’
賢(어질 현) + 祐(복 우)
炫宇炫 ‘shining’ + 宇 ‘universe’
炫(밝을 현) + 宇(집 우)
炫祐炫 ‘shining’ + 祐 ‘blessing’
炫(밝을 현) + 祐(복 우)
賢佑賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ + 佑 ‘to help’
賢(어질 현) + 佑(도울 우)
炫佑炫 ‘shining’ + 佑 ‘to help’
炫(밝을 현) + 佑(도울 우)

Who it's given to

Hyeon-u is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Hyeon-u. Say it like hyun-oo.

현ㅎ + ㅕ + ㄴ
우ㅇ + ㅜ

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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