Pronunciation | /sʊŋ.hjən/ |
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Gender | Unisex |
Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Seung-hyeon, Seung-hyon, Sung-hyon |
Seung-hyun | |
Hangul | 승현 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seung-hyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŭnghyŏn |
IPA | [sɯŋhjʌn] |
Seung-hyun, also spelled Seung-hyeon, or Seung-hyon, Sung-hyon, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "seung"[1] and 42 hanja with the reading "hyun"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. Seung-hyun was the 10th-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea in 1990.[3]
People with this name include: