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Hyeong-u형우

Hyeong-u brings together “to go smoothly” and “universe.” Like your name, you are someone who finds that things go smoothly and dreams as big as the universe.

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
亨宇亨 ‘to go smoothly’ + 宇 ‘universe’
亨(형통할 형) + 宇(집 우)
亨祐亨 ‘to go smoothly’ + 祐 ‘blessing’
亨(형통할 형) + 祐(복 우)
亨佑亨 ‘to go smoothly’ + 佑 ‘to help’
亨(형통할 형) + 佑(도울 우)
炯宇炯 ‘bright’ + 宇 ‘universe’
炯(빛날 형) + 宇(집 우)
炯祐炯 ‘bright’ + 祐 ‘blessing’
炯(빛날 형) + 祐(복 우)
炯佑炯 ‘bright’ + 佑 ‘to help’
炯(빛날 형) + 佑(도울 우)

Who it's given to

Hyeong-u is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Hyeong-u. Say it like hyung-oo.

형ㅎ + ㅕ + ㅇ
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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