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Seon-a선아

Seon-a brings together “good and kind” and “elegant.” Like your name, you are someone who lives with elegance and keeps a kind and good heart.

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
善雅善 ‘good and kind’ + 雅 ‘elegant’
善(착할 선) + 雅(맑을 아)
善娥善 ‘good and kind’ + 娥 ‘beautiful’
善(착할 선) + 娥(예쁠 아)
善兒善 ‘good and kind’ + 兒 ‘child’
善(착할 선) + 兒(아이 아)
仙雅仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 雅 ‘elegant’
仙(신선 선) + 雅(맑을 아)
仙娥仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 娥 ‘beautiful’
仙(신선 선) + 娥(예쁠 아)
宣雅宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 雅 ‘elegant’
宣(베풀 선) + 雅(맑을 아)

Who it's given to

Seon-a is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seon-a. Say it like sun-ah.

선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
아ㅇ + ㅏ

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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