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Seong-jong성종
Seong-jong brings together “to accomplish” and “bell.” Like your name, you are someone who achieves what you set out to do and rings out clear like a bell.
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 |
|---|---|
| 成鍾 | 成 ‘to accomplish’ + 鍾 ‘bell’ 成(이룰 성) + 鍾(쇠북 종) |
| 誠鍾 | 誠 ‘sincerity’ + 鍾 ‘bell’ 誠(정성 성) + 鍾(쇠북 종) |
| 成宗 | 成 ‘to accomplish’ + 宗 ‘ancestral root’ 成(이룰 성) + 宗(마루 종) |
| 誠宗 | 誠 ‘sincerity’ + 宗 ‘ancestral root’ 誠(정성 성) + 宗(마루 종) |
| 星鍾 | 星 ‘star’ + 鍾 ‘bell’ 星(별 성) + 鍾(쇠북 종) |
| 星宗 | 星 ‘star’ + 宗 ‘ancestral root’ 星(별 성) + 宗(마루 종) |
- Ambition
- Harmony
- Honesty
Who it's given to
Seong-jong is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Seong-jong. Say it like sung-jong.
성ㅅ + ㅓ + ㅇ
종ㅈ + ㅗ + 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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