Gwanghyeon 광현

Gwanghyeon is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 광현. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 1,215 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Gwanghyeon, Gwang-hyeon. They are all 광현.

Five Elements (Ohaeng)

In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.

  • 광 (starts with ㄱ)→Woodgrowth, reaching outward, new beginnings
  • 현 (starts with ㅎ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Gwanghyeon

These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.

광27 characters can be used

  • 光light빛 광
  • 廣wide, horse name넓을 광/말 이름 광
  • 狂crazy미칠 광
  • 鑛ore쇳돌 광
  • 匡correct바를 광
  • 曠empty, bright빌 광/밝을 광
  • 広wide넓을 광
  • 洸angry성낼 광

현45 characters can be used

  • 賢wise, virtuous어질 현
  • 炫bright밝을 현
  • 鉉pot handle솥귀 현
  • 玄black검을 현
  • 顯appear나타날 현
  • 現appear나타날 현
  • 見see뵈올 현
  • 懸hang달 현

Names sharing a syllable

Gwanghyeon belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.

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