Hyun (Korean name)

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. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 42 hanja with the reading "hyun" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.

Hyun
Pronunciation/hjʌn/
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingHyeon, Hyon, Hyoun
Hyun
Hangul
Hanja
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Revised RomanizationHyeon
McCune–ReischauerHyŏn
IPA[hjʌn]
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