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Seon-gyu선규

Seon-gyu brings together “good and kind” and “a bright star.” Like your name, you are someone who shines like a bright star 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
善奎善 ‘good and kind’ + 奎 ‘a bright star’
善(착할 선) + 奎(별 규)
善圭善 ‘good and kind’ + 圭 ‘jade tablet’
善(착할 선) + 圭(서옥 규)
宣奎宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 奎 ‘a bright star’
宣(베풀 선) + 奎(별 규)
宣圭宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 圭 ‘jade tablet’
宣(베풀 선) + 圭(서옥 규)
仙奎仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 奎 ‘a bright star’
仙(신선 선) + 奎(별 규)
仙圭仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 圭 ‘jade tablet’
仙(신선 선) + 圭(서옥 규)

Who it's given to

Seon-gyu is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seon-gyu. Say it like sun-gyoo.

선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
규ㄱ + ㅠ

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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