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Won-yong원용
Won-yong brings together “first” and “brave.” Like your name, you are someone who is first in what you love and faces life with courage.
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 |
|---|---|
| 元勇 | 元 ‘first; origin’ + 勇 ‘brave’ 元(으뜸 원) + 勇(날랠 용) |
| 元容 | 元 ‘first; origin’ + 容 ‘graceful bearing’ 元(으뜸 원) + 容(얼굴 용) |
| 元鏞 | 元 ‘first; origin’ + 鏞 ‘great bell’ 元(으뜸 원) + 鏞(쇠북 용) |
| 源勇 | 源 ‘source’ + 勇 ‘brave’ 源(근원 원) + 勇(날랠 용) |
| 瑗勇 | 瑗 ‘jade ring’ + 勇 ‘brave’ 瑗(구슬 원) + 勇(날랠 용) |
| 源容 | 源 ‘source’ + 容 ‘graceful bearing’ 源(근원 원) + 容(얼굴 용) |
- Ambition
- Strength
Who it's given to
Won-yong is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Won-yong. Say it like wun-yong.
원ㅇ + ㅝ + ㄴ
용ㅇ + ㅛ + ㅇ
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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