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San산

San means “mountain.” Like your name, you are someone who stands as steady as a mountain.

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
山山 ‘mountain’
山(메 산)

Who it's given to

San is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: San. Say it like san.

산ㅅ + ㅏ + ㄴ

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

Related names

Ga-ram가람Ga-rin가린Ga-yeong가영Ga-eul가을Gap-yeong갑영Gang-san강산
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