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Yong-hyeon용현

Yong-hyeon brings together “brave” and “wise and virtuous.” Like your name, you are someone who faces life with courage 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
勇賢勇 ‘brave’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
勇(날랠 용) + 賢(어질 현)
勇炫勇 ‘brave’ + 炫 ‘shining’
勇(날랠 용) + 炫(밝을 현)
龍賢龍 ‘dragon’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
龍(용 룡) + 賢(어질 현)
龍炫龍 ‘dragon’ + 炫 ‘shining’
龍(용 룡) + 炫(밝을 현)
勇玄勇 ‘brave’ + 玄 ‘profound’
勇(날랠 용) + 玄(검을 현)
容賢容 ‘graceful bearing’ + 賢 ‘wise and virtuous’
容(얼굴 용) + 賢(어질 현)

Who it's given to

Yong-hyeon is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yong-hyeon. Say it like yong-hyun.

용ㅇ + ㅛ + ㅇ
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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