Sangweon 상원

Sangweon is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 상원. 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 2,068 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Sangweon, Sang-weon. They are all 상원.

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.

  • 상 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 원 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Sangweon

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.

상44 characters can be used

  • 上upper, above윗 상
  • 相mutual서로 상
  • 常constant, always떳떳할 상/항상 상
  • 象elephant코끼리 상
  • 尙still, yet오히려 상
  • 商measure, trade헤아릴 상/장사 상
  • 嘗taste맛볼 상
  • 喪lose잃을 상

원47 characters can be used

  • 元first, prime으뜸 원
  • 原hill, source언덕 원/근원 원
  • 源source근원 원
  • 園garden동산 원
  • 媛woman여자 원
  • 苑royal garden나라 동산 원
  • 遠far멀 원
  • 願wish원할 원

Names sharing a syllable

Sangweon 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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