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Seon-ung선웅

Seon-ung brings together “good and kind” and “heroic.” Like your name, you are someone who keeps a kind and good heart, and who lives boldly and bravely.

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
善雄善 ‘good and kind’ + 雄 ‘heroic’
善(착할 선) + 雄(수컷 웅)
宣雄宣 ‘to proclaim’ + 雄 ‘heroic’
宣(베풀 선) + 雄(수컷 웅)
仙雄仙 ‘immortal; fairy’ + 雄 ‘heroic’
仙(신선 선) + 雄(수컷 웅)

Who it's given to

Seon-ung is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seon-ung. Say it like sun-oong.

선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ
웅ㅇ + ㅜ + ㅇ

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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