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Yong-won용원

Yong-won brings together “brave” and “first.” Like your name, you are someone who faces life with courage 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:

HanjaMeaning
勇元勇 ‘brave’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
勇(날랠 용) + 元(으뜸 원)
龍元龍 ‘dragon’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
龍(용 룡) + 元(으뜸 원)
勇源勇 ‘brave’ + 源 ‘source’
勇(날랠 용) + 源(근원 원)
勇瑗勇 ‘brave’ + 瑗 ‘jade ring’
勇(날랠 용) + 瑗(구슬 원)
容元容 ‘graceful bearing’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
容(얼굴 용) + 元(으뜸 원)
龍源龍 ‘dragon’ + 源 ‘source’
龍(용 룡) + 源(근원 원)

Who it's given to

Yong-won is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Yong-won. Say it like yong-wun.

용ㅇ + ㅛ + ㅇ
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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