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Seon-mi선미

Seon-mi brings together “good and kind” and “beautiful.” Like your name, you are someone who keeps a kind and good heart, and who is beautiful inside and out.

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
善美善 ‘good and kind’ + 美 ‘beautiful’
善(착할 선) + 美(아름다울 미)
善媄善 ‘good and kind’ + 媄 ‘lovely’
善(착할 선) + 媄(빛 고울 미)
仙美仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 美 ‘beautiful’
仙(신선 선) + 美(아름다울 미)
宣美宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 美 ‘beautiful’
宣(베풀 선) + 美(아름다울 미)
仙媄仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 媄 ‘lovely’
仙(신선 선) + 媄(빛 고울 미)
宣媄宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 媄 ‘lovely’
宣(베풀 선) + 媄(빛 고울 미)

Who it's given to

Seon-mi is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seon-mi. Say it like sun-mee.

선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
미ㅁ + ㅣ

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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