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Yeong-seon영선

Yeong-seon brings together “flower” and “good and kind.” Like your name, you are someone who blossoms and stands out, and who keeps a kind and good heart.

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
英善英 ‘flower; outstanding’ + 善 ‘good and kind’
英(꽃부리 영) + 善(착할 선)
榮善榮 ‘glory’ + 善 ‘good and kind’
榮(영화 영) + 善(착할 선)
永善永 ‘everlasting’ + 善 ‘good and kind’
永(길 영) + 善(착할 선)
英仙英 ‘flower; outstanding’ + 仙 ‘immortal; fairy’
英(꽃부리 영) + 仙(신선 선)
英宣英 ‘flower; outstanding’ + 宣 ‘to proclaim’
英(꽃부리 영) + 宣(베풀 선)
榮仙榮 ‘glory’ + 仙 ‘immortal; fairy’
榮(영화 영) + 仙(신선 선)

Who it's given to

Yeong-seon is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yeong-seon. Say it like yung-sun.

영ㅇ + ㅕ + ㅇ
선ㅅ + ㅓ + 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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