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Seon-bae선배
Seon-bae brings together “good and kind” and “to nurture.” Like your name, you are someone who nurtures what you love 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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 善培 | 善 ‘good and kind’ + 培 ‘to nurture’ 善(착할 선) + 培(북돋울 배) |
| 宣培 | 宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 培 ‘to nurture’ 宣(베풀 선) + 培(북돋울 배) |
| 仙培 | 仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 培 ‘to nurture’ 仙(신선 선) + 培(북돋울 배) |
- Kindness
- Growth
Who it's given to
Seon-bae is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Seon-bae. Say it like sun-beh.
선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
배ㅂ + ㅐ
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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