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Seong-hyeon성현

Seong-hyeon brings together “to accomplish” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who achieves what you set out to do and is wise and good.

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
成賢成 ‘to accomplish’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
成(이룰 성) + 賢(어질 현)
成炫成 ‘to accomplish’ + 炫 ‘shining’
成(이룰 성) + 炫(밝을 현)
誠賢誠 ‘sincerity’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
誠(정성 성) + 賢(어질 현)
誠炫誠 ‘sincerity’ + 炫 ‘shining’
誠(정성 성) + 炫(밝을 현)
成玄成 ‘to accomplish’ + 玄 ‘profound’
成(이룰 성) + 玄(검을 현)
誠玄誠 ‘sincerity’ + 玄 ‘profound’
誠(정성 성) + 玄(검을 현)

Who it's given to

Seong-hyeon is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seong-hyeon. Say it like sung-hyun.

성ㅅ + ㅓ + ㅇ
현ㅎ + ㅕ + 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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