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Won-bin원빈

Won-bin brings together “first” and “refined and well-bred.” Like your name, you are someone who is first in what you love and is refined and well-loved.

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
元彬元 ‘first; origin’ + 彬 ‘refined and well-bred’
元(으뜸 원) + 彬(빛날 빈)
元斌元 ‘first; origin’ + 斌 ‘refined’
元(으뜸 원) + 斌(빛날 빈)
源彬源 ‘source’ + 彬 ‘refined and well-bred’
源(근원 원) + 彬(빛날 빈)
瑗彬瑗 ‘jade ring’ + 彬 ‘refined and well-bred’
瑗(구슬 원) + 彬(빛날 빈)
源斌源 ‘source’ + 斌 ‘refined’
源(근원 원) + 斌(빛날 빈)
瑗斌瑗 ‘jade ring’ + 斌 ‘refined’
瑗(구슬 원) + 斌(빛날 빈)

Who it's given to

Won-bin is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Won-bin. Say it like wun-been.

원ㅇ + ㅝ + ㄴ
빈ㅂ + ㅣ + 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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