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Yong-chan용찬

Yong-chan brings together “brave” and “to praise.” Like your name, you are someone who faces life with courage and is praised and admired.

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
勇讚勇 ‘brave’ + 讚 ‘to praise’
勇(날랠 용) + 讚(기릴 찬)
勇燦勇 ‘brave’ + 燦 ‘brilliant’
勇(날랠 용) + 燦(빛날 찬)
龍讚龍 ‘dragon’ + 讚 ‘to praise’
龍(용 룡) + 讚(기릴 찬)
龍燦龍 ‘dragon’ + 燦 ‘brilliant’
龍(용 룡) + 燦(빛날 찬)
勇贊勇 ‘brave’ + 贊 ‘to support’
勇(날랠 용) + 贊(도울 찬)
容讚容 ‘graceful bearing’ + 讚 ‘to praise’
容(얼굴 용) + 讚(기릴 찬)

Who it's given to

Yong-chan is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yong-chan. Say it like yong-chan.

용ㅇ + ㅛ + ㅇ
찬ㅊ + ㅏ + 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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