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Ye-won예원
Ye-won brings together “art and skill” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who has a gift for the arts and 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 |
|---|---|
| 藝元 | 藝 ‘art and skill’ + 元 ‘first; origin’ 藝(재주 예) + 元(으뜸 원) |
| 藝媛 | 藝 ‘art and skill’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’ 藝(재주 예) + 媛(여자 원) |
| 睿元 | 睿 ‘wise’ + 元 ‘first; origin’ 睿(슬기 예) + 元(으뜸 원) |
| 睿媛 | 睿 ‘wise’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’ 睿(슬기 예) + 媛(여자 원) |
| 禮元 | 禮 ‘courtesy’ + 元 ‘first; origin’ 禮(예도 례) + 元(으뜸 원) |
| 禮媛 | 禮 ‘courtesy’ + 媛 ‘noble lady’ 禮(예도 례) + 媛(여자 원) |
- Creativity
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Ye-won is mostly a girl's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Ye-won. Say it like yeh-wun.
예ㅇ + ㅖ
원ㅇ + ㅝ + 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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