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Jeong-won정원

Jeong-won brings together “upright” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who is first in what you love and lives honestly and uprightly.

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
正元正 ‘upright’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
正(바를 정) + 元(으뜸 원)
正媛正 ‘upright’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’
正(바를 정) + 媛(여자 원)
貞元貞 ‘steadfast’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
貞(곧을 정) + 元(으뜸 원)
貞媛貞 ‘steadfast’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’
貞(곧을 정) + 媛(여자 원)
正源正 ‘upright’ + 源 ‘source’
正(바를 정) + 源(근원 원)
貞源貞 ‘steadfast’ + 源 ‘source’
貞(곧을 정) + 源(근원 원)

Who it's given to

Jeong-won is given to both girls and boys.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jeong-won. Say it like jung-wun.

정ㅈ + ㅓ + ㅇ
원ㅇ + ㅝ + 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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