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Sun-u순우
Sun-u brings together “honest and simple” and “universe.” Like your name, you are someone who dreams as big as the universe and stays honest and warm.
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 |
|---|---|
| 淳宇 | 淳 ‘honest and simple’ + 宇 ‘universe’ 淳(순박할 순) + 宇(집 우) |
| 淳祐 | 淳 ‘honest and simple’ + 祐 ‘blessing’ 淳(순박할 순) + 祐(복 우) |
| 淳佑 | 淳 ‘honest and simple’ + 佑 ‘to help’ 淳(순박할 순) + 佑(도울 우) |
| 順宇 | 順 ‘gentle’ + 宇 ‘universe’ 順(순할 순) + 宇(집 우) |
| 順祐 | 順 ‘gentle’ + 祐 ‘blessing’ 順(순할 순) + 祐(복 우) |
| 順佑 | 順 ‘gentle’ + 佑 ‘to help’ 順(순할 순) + 佑(도울 우) |
- Honesty
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Sun-u is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Sun-u. Say it like soon-oo.
순ㅅ + ㅜ + ㄴ
우ㅇ + ㅜ
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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