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Jeong-seon정선

Jeong-seon brings together “upright” and “good and kind.” Like your name, you are someone who lives honestly and uprightly, and who keeps a kind and good 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
正善正 ‘upright’ + 善 ‘good and kind’
正(바를 정) + 善(착할 선)
貞善貞 ‘steadfast’ + 善 ‘good and kind’
貞(곧을 정) + 善(착할 선)
正仙正 ‘upright’ + 仙 ‘immortal; fairy’
正(바를 정) + 仙(신선 선)
正宣正 ‘upright’ + 宣 ‘to proclaim’
正(바를 정) + 宣(베풀 선)
貞仙貞 ‘steadfast’ + 仙 ‘immortal; fairy’
貞(곧을 정) + 仙(신선 선)
貞宣貞 ‘steadfast’ + 宣 ‘to proclaim’
貞(곧을 정) + 宣(베풀 선)

Who it's given to

Jeong-seon is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jeong-seon. Say it like jung-sun.

정ㅈ + ㅓ + ㅇ
선ㅅ + ㅓ + 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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