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Seon-dong선동
Seon-dong brings together “good and kind” and “east.” Like your name, you are someone who rises bright like the morning sun in the east 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 |
|---|---|
| 善東 | 善 ‘good and kind’ + 東 ‘east’ 善(착할 선) + 東(동녘 동) |
| 善棟 | 善 ‘good and kind’ + 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ 善(착할 선) + 棟(마룻대 동) |
| 宣東 | 宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 東 ‘east’ 宣(베풀 선) + 東(동녘 동) |
| 宣棟 | 宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ 宣(베풀 선) + 棟(마룻대 동) |
| 仙東 | 仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 東 ‘east’ 仙(신선 선) + 東(동녘 동) |
| 仙棟 | 仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 棟 ‘pillar of a house; ridgepole’ 仙(신선 선) + 棟(마룻대 동) |
- Kindness
- Light
- Nature
Who it's given to
Seon-dong is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Seon-dong. Say it like sun-dong.
선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
동ㄷ + ㅗ + ㅇ
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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