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Seok-hun석훈

Seok-hun brings together “great” and “merit.” Like your name, you are someone who grows into someone great and achieves great things.

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
碩勳碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 勳 ‘merit’
碩(클 석) + 勳(공 훈)
碩薰碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 薰 ‘fragrance’
碩(클 석) + 薰(향풀 훈)
碩訓碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 訓 ‘teaching’
碩(클 석) + 訓(가르칠 훈)
錫勳錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 勳 ‘merit’
錫(주석 석) + 勳(공 훈)
錫薰錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 薰 ‘fragrance’
錫(주석 석) + 薰(향풀 훈)
錫訓錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 訓 ‘teaching’
錫(주석 석) + 訓(가르칠 훈)

Who it's given to

Seok-hun is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seok-hun. Say it like suk-hoon.

석ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄱ
훈ㅎ + ㅜ + 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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