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Jin-won진원

Jin-won brings together “truth” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who lives truthfully and is first in what you love.

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
眞元眞 ‘truth’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
眞(참 진) + 元(으뜸 원)
眞源眞 ‘truth’ + 源 ‘source’
眞(참 진) + 源(근원 원)
眞瑗眞 ‘truth’ + 瑗 ‘jade ring’
眞(참 진) + 瑗(구슬 원)
振元振 ‘to rouse’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
振(떨칠 진) + 元(으뜸 원)
辰元辰 ‘star; dragon branch’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
辰(별 진) + 元(으뜸 원)
振源振 ‘to rouse’ + 源 ‘source’
振(떨칠 진) + 源(근원 원)

Who it's given to

Jin-won is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jin-won. Say it like jeen-wun.

진ㅈ + ㅣ + ㄴ
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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