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Seo-won서원
Seo-won brings together “auspicious omen” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who is followed by good fortune 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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 瑞元 | 瑞 ‘auspicious omen’ + 元 ‘first; origin’ 瑞(상서 서) + 元(으뜸 원) |
| 瑞源 | 瑞 ‘auspicious omen’ + 源 ‘source’ 瑞(상서 서) + 源(근원 원) |
| 瑞瑗 | 瑞 ‘auspicious omen’ + 瑗 ‘jade ring’ 瑞(상서 서) + 瑗(구슬 원) |
| 序元 | 序 ‘order’ + 元 ‘first; origin’ 序(차례 서) + 元(으뜸 원) |
| 書元 | 書 ‘writing; books’ + 元 ‘first; origin’ 書(글 서) + 元(으뜸 원) |
| 序源 | 序 ‘order’ + 源 ‘source’ 序(차례 서) + 源(근원 원) |
- Fortune
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Seo-won is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Seo-won. Say it like suh-wun.
서ㅅ + ㅓ
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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