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Seok-won석원

Seok-won brings together “great” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who grows into someone great 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
碩元碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
碩(클 석) + 元(으뜸 원)
碩源碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 源 ‘source’
碩(클 석) + 源(근원 원)
碩瑗碩 ‘great; eminent’ + 瑗 ‘jade ring’
碩(클 석) + 瑗(구슬 원)
錫元錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
錫(주석 석) + 元(으뜸 원)
錫源錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 源 ‘source’
錫(주석 석) + 源(근원 원)
錫瑗錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ + 瑗 ‘jade ring’
錫(주석 석) + 瑗(구슬 원)

Who it's given to

Seok-won is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seok-won. Say it like suk-wun.

석ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄱ
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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