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On온

On means “warm.” Like your name, you are someone who keeps a warm 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
溫溫 ‘warm’
溫(따뜻할 온)
穩穩 ‘calm and steady’
穩(편안할 온)

Who it's given to

On is given to both girls and boys.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: On. Say it like on.

온ㅇ + ㅗ + ㄴ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

Related names

On-yu온유Ga-yeon가연Ga-eun가은Ga-in가인Gap-sun갑순Gang-in강인Geon-hu건후
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