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Won-seok원석
Won-seok brings together “first” and “great.” Like your name, you are someone who is first in what you love and grows into someone great.
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 |
|---|---|
| 元碩 | 元 ‘first; origin’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’ 元(으뜸 원) + 碩(클 석) |
| 元錫 | 元 ‘first; origin’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ 元(으뜸 원) + 錫(주석 석) |
| 源碩 | 源 ‘source’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’ 源(근원 원) + 碩(클 석) |
| 瑗碩 | 瑗 ‘jade ring’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’ 瑗(구슬 원) + 碩(클 석) |
| 源錫 | 源 ‘source’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ 源(근원 원) + 錫(주석 석) |
| 瑗錫 | 瑗 ‘jade ring’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’ 瑗(구슬 원) + 錫(주석 석) |
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Won-seok is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Won-seok. Say it like wun-suk.
원ㅇ + ㅝ + ㄴ
석ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄱ
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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