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Ra-won라원

Ra-won brings together “silk gauze” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who is as fine as silk 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
羅元羅 ‘silk gauze’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
羅(벌릴 라) + 元(으뜸 원)
羅媛羅 ‘silk gauze’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’
羅(벌릴 라) + 媛(여자 원)
羅源羅 ‘silk gauze’ + 源 ‘source’
羅(벌릴 라) + 源(근원 원)

Who it's given to

Ra-won is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Ra-won. Say it like rah-wun.

라ㄹ + ㅏ
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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