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Seon-u선우
Seon-u brings together “good and kind” and “universe.” Like your name, you are someone who dreams as big as the universe 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 |
|---|---|
| 善宇 | 善 ‘good and kind’ + 宇 ‘universe’ 善(착할 선) + 宇(집 우) |
| 善祐 | 善 ‘good and kind’ + 祐 ‘blessing’ 善(착할 선) + 祐(복 우) |
| 善佑 | 善 ‘good and kind’ + 佑 ‘to help’ 善(착할 선) + 佑(도울 우) |
| 宣宇 | 宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 宇 ‘universe’ 宣(베풀 선) + 宇(집 우) |
| 宣祐 | 宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 祐 ‘blessing’ 宣(베풀 선) + 祐(복 우) |
| 宣佑 | 宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 佑 ‘to help’ 宣(베풀 선) + 佑(도울 우) |
- Kindness
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Seon-u is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Seon-u. Say it like sun-oo.
선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
우ㅇ + ㅜ
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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