My Korean Life

Home › Korean names › So-un (소운)

So-un소운

So-un brings together “bright” and “cloud.” Like your name, you are someone who is free as a cloud and lives a bright and shining life.

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
昭雲昭 ‘bright’ + 雲 ‘cloud’
昭(밝을 소) + 雲(구름 운)
昭芸昭 ‘bright’ + 芸 ‘fragrant herb’
昭(밝을 소) + 芸(향풀 운)
素雲素 ‘simple and pure’ + 雲 ‘cloud’
素(본디 소) + 雲(구름 운)
素芸素 ‘simple and pure’ + 芸 ‘fragrant herb’
素(본디 소) + 芸(향풀 운)

Who it's given to

So-un is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: So-un. Say it like soh-oon.

소ㅅ + ㅗ
운ㅇ + ㅜ + ㄴ

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

Related names

So-dam소담So-ra소라So-ri소리So-rin소린So-mang소망So-myeong소명Ga-min가민Ga-yun가윤Ga-hui가희Gang-min강민Gang-uk강욱Gang-yun강윤
Get your own Korean name →

Free. Uses a selfie and your birth year; nothing is stored.