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Won원
Won means “first.” Like your name, you are someone who is first in what you love.
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 | 元 ‘first; origin’ 元(으뜸 원) |
| 源 | 源 ‘source’ 源(근원 원) |
| 瑗 | 瑗 ‘jade ring’ 瑗(구슬 원) |
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Won is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Won. Say it like wun.
원ㅇ + ㅝ + ㄴ
Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.
Related names
Won-geun원근Won-gi원기Won-bae원배Won-bin원빈Won-seok원석Won-sik원식Ga-on가온Ga-won가원Gap-su갑수Gap-sun갑순Gap-yeong갑영Gang-yeol강열
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