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Seon-hye선혜

Seon-hye brings together “good and kind” and “grace.” Like your name, you are someone who is full of grace 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
善惠善 ‘good and kind’ + 惠 ‘grace’
善(착할 선) + 惠(은혜 혜)
善慧善 ‘good and kind’ + 慧 ‘wise’
善(착할 선) + 慧(슬기로울 혜)
仙惠仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 惠 ‘grace’
仙(신선 선) + 惠(은혜 혜)
仙慧仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 慧 ‘wise’
仙(신선 선) + 慧(슬기로울 혜)
宣惠宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 惠 ‘grace’
宣(베풀 선) + 惠(은혜 혜)
宣慧宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 慧 ‘wise’
宣(베풀 선) + 慧(슬기로울 혜)

Who it's given to

Seon-hye is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seon-hye. Say it like sun-hyeh.

선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
혜ㅎ + ㅖ

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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