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Seol-hyeon설현

Seol-hyeon brings together “snow” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who is as pure as fresh snow 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
雪賢雪 ‘snow’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
雪(눈 설) + 賢(어질 현)
雪炫雪 ‘snow’ + 炫 ‘shining’
雪(눈 설) + 炫(밝을 현)
雪玄雪 ‘snow’ + 玄 ‘profound’
雪(눈 설) + 玄(검을 현)

Who it's given to

Seol-hyeon is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seol-hyeon. Say it like sul-hyun.

설ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄹ
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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