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Seung-yeop승엽

Seung-yeop brings together “to carry on” and “blazing bright.” Like your name, you are someone who carries good things forward and blazes with brightness.

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
承燁承 ‘to carry on’ + 燁 ‘blazing bright’
承(이을 승) + 燁(빛날 엽)
昇燁昇 ‘to rise’ + 燁 ‘blazing bright’
昇(오를 승) + 燁(빛날 엽)
勝燁勝 ‘victory’ + 燁 ‘blazing bright’
勝(이길 승) + 燁(빛날 엽)

Who it's given to

Seung-yeop is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Seung-yeop. Say it like seung-yup.

승ㅅ + ㅡ + ㅇ
엽ㅇ + ㅕ + ㅂ

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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