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Jin-hyeon진현

Jin-hyeon brings together “truth” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who lives truthfully 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
眞賢眞 ‘truth’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
眞(참 진) + 賢(어질 현)
眞炫眞 ‘truth’ + 炫 ‘shining’
眞(참 진) + 炫(밝을 현)
眞玄眞 ‘truth’ + 玄 ‘profound’
眞(참 진) + 玄(검을 현)
振賢振 ‘to rouse’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
振(떨칠 진) + 賢(어질 현)
振炫振 ‘to rouse’ + 炫 ‘shining’
振(떨칠 진) + 炫(밝을 현)
辰賢辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
辰(별 진) + 賢(어질 현)

Who it's given to

Jin-hyeon is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jin-hyeon. Say it like jeen-hyun.

진ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄴ
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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