Pronunciation | /hjʌn/ |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Hyeon, Hyon, Hyoun |
Hyun | |
Hangul | 현 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Hyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Hyŏn |
IPA | [hjʌn] |
Hyun, also spelled Hyeon or Hyon, Hyoun, is a Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.[1] As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.