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Ye-hyeon예현

Ye-hyeon brings together “art and skill” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who has a gift for the arts and is wise and good.

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
藝賢藝 ‘art and skill’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
藝(재주 예) + 賢(어질 현)
藝炫藝 ‘art and skill’ + 炫 ‘shining’
藝(재주 예) + 炫(밝을 현)
睿賢睿 ‘wise’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
睿(슬기 예) + 賢(어질 현)
睿炫睿 ‘wise’ + 炫 ‘shining’
睿(슬기 예) + 炫(밝을 현)
禮賢禮 ‘courtesy’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
禮(예도 례) + 賢(어질 현)
禮炫禮 ‘courtesy’ + 炫 ‘shining’
禮(예도 례) + 炫(밝을 현)

Who it's given to

Ye-hyeon is given to both girls and boys.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Ye-hyeon. Say it like yeh-hyun.

예ㅇ + ㅖ
현ㅎ + ㅕ + 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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