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Seon선

Seon means “good and kind.” Like your name, you are someone who 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
善善 ‘good and kind’
善(착할 선)
宣宣 ‘to proclaim’
宣(베풀 선)
仙仙 ‘immortal; fairy’
仙(신선 선)

Who it's given to

Seon is given to both girls and boys.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seon. Say it like sun.

선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

Related names

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