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Ryeo-won려원

Ryeo-won brings together “beautiful” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who is beautiful 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
麗元麗 ‘beautiful’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
麗(고울 려) + 元(으뜸 원)
麗媛麗 ‘beautiful’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’
麗(고울 려) + 媛(여자 원)
麗源麗 ‘beautiful’ + 源 ‘source’
麗(고울 려) + 源(근원 원)

Who it's given to

Ryeo-won is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Ryeo-won. Say it like ryuh-wun.

려ㄹ + ㅕ
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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