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Seon-jin선진

Seon-jin brings together “good and kind” and “truth.” Like your name, you are someone who lives truthfully 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
善眞善 ‘good and kind’ + 眞 ‘truth’
善(착할 선) + 眞(참 진)
善振善 ‘good and kind’ + 振 ‘to rouse’
善(착할 선) + 振(떨칠 진)
善辰善 ‘good and kind’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
善(착할 선) + 辰(별 진)
宣眞宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 眞 ‘truth’
宣(베풀 선) + 眞(참 진)
宣振宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 振 ‘to rouse’
宣(베풀 선) + 振(떨칠 진)
宣辰宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 辰 ‘star; dragon branch’
宣(베풀 선) + 辰(별 진)

Who it's given to

Seon-jin is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seon-jin. Say it like sun-jeen.

선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
진ㅈ + 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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