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Jang-hyeon장현

Jang-hyeon brings together “brilliance” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who shines brilliantly 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
章賢章 ‘brilliance; chapter’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
章(글 장) + 賢(어질 현)
章炫章 ‘brilliance; chapter’ + 炫 ‘shining’
章(글 장) + 炫(밝을 현)
章玄章 ‘brilliance; chapter’ + 玄 ‘profound’
章(글 장) + 玄(검을 현)

Who it's given to

Jang-hyeon is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jang-hyeon. Say it like jang-hyun.

장ㅈ + ㅏ + ㅇ
현ㅎ + 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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