Won (Korean given name)

Won
Pronunciation/wʌn/
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaningdifferent depending on Hanja
Won
Hangul
Hanja
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Revised Romanizationwon
McCune–Reischauerwŏn
IPA[wʌn]

Won is a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names.[1] Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 47 hanja with the reading "won"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.