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Sang-hyeon상현

Sang-hyeon brings together “together” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who shares your life with good companions and is wise and good.

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
相賢相 ‘together; mutual’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
相(서로 상) + 賢(어질 현)
相炫相 ‘together; mutual’ + 炫 ‘shining’
相(서로 상) + 炫(밝을 현)
祥賢祥 ‘auspicious’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
祥(상서 상) + 賢(어질 현)
祥炫祥 ‘auspicious’ + 炫 ‘shining’
祥(상서 상) + 炫(밝을 현)
相玄相 ‘together; mutual’ + 玄 ‘profound’
相(서로 상) + 玄(검을 현)
祥玄祥 ‘auspicious’ + 玄 ‘profound’
祥(상서 상) + 玄(검을 현)

Who it's given to

Sang-hyeon is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Sang-hyeon. Say it like sang-hyun.

상ㅅ + ㅏ + ㅇ
현ㅎ + ㅕ + 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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