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Seung-hyeon승현
Seung-hyeon brings together “to carry on” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who carries good things forward 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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 承賢 | 承 ‘to carry on’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ 承(이을 승) + 賢(어질 현) |
| 承炫 | 承 ‘to carry on’ + 炫 ‘shining’ 承(이을 승) + 炫(밝을 현) |
| 昇賢 | 昇 ‘to rise’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ 昇(오를 승) + 賢(어질 현) |
| 昇炫 | 昇 ‘to rise’ + 炫 ‘shining’ 昇(오를 승) + 炫(밝을 현) |
| 承玄 | 承 ‘to carry on’ + 玄 ‘profound’ 承(이을 승) + 玄(검을 현) |
| 昇玄 | 昇 ‘to rise’ + 玄 ‘profound’ 昇(오를 승) + 玄(검을 현) |
- Strength
- Wisdom
Who it's given to
Seung-hyeon is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Seung-hyeon. Say it like seung-hyun.
승ㅅ + ㅡ + 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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