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Seon-bin선빈

Seon-bin brings together “good and kind” and “refined and well-bred.” Like your name, you are someone who keeps a kind and good heart, and who is refined and well-loved.

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
善彬善 ‘good and kind’ + 彬 ‘refined and well-bred’
善(착할 선) + 彬(빛날 빈)
善斌善 ‘good and kind’ + 斌 ‘refined’
善(착할 선) + 斌(빛날 빈)
宣彬宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 彬 ‘refined and well-bred’
宣(베풀 선) + 彬(빛날 빈)
宣斌宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 斌 ‘refined’
宣(베풀 선) + 斌(빛날 빈)
仙彬仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 彬 ‘refined and well-bred’
仙(신선 선) + 彬(빛날 빈)
仙斌仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 斌 ‘refined’
仙(신선 선) + 斌(빛날 빈)

Who it's given to

Seon-bin is given to both girls and boys.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seon-bin. Say it like sun-been.

선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
빈ㅂ + ㅣ + 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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