Seohan 서한

Seohan name meaning: “auspicious + Han river” (瑞漢)

Seohan is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 서한. 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 1,824 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Seohan, Seo-han. They are all 서한.

How to pronounce Seohan

서한
Voice:

Say it as suh-hahn (2 syllables). Korean doesn't stress one syllable the way English does, so give each beat roughly the same weight rather than saying SUH-hahn.

  • The romanized "eo" is pronounced "uh", close to the vowel in "sun", not "ee-oh".

The recording is a synthesized standard Seoul voice; the respelling above is an English approximation of it. More on the rules: how to pronounce Korean names. To hear more spoken Korean, try Korean greetings with audio.

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.

  • 서 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 한 (starts with ㅎ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Seohan

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.

서57 characters can be used

  • 瑞auspicious상서 서
  • 書writing글 서
  • 徐slow, unhurried천천히 할 서
  • 序order, sequence차례 서
  • 敍order, sequence차례 서
  • 豫spread out펼 서
  • 舒spread out펼 서
  • 抒untangle풀 서

한32 characters can be used

  • 漢Han river, Han dynasty한수 한/한나라 한
  • 韓Korea, nation한국 한/나라 한
  • 限limit한할 한
  • 寒cold찰 한
  • 閑leisurely, block한가할 한/막을 한
  • 恨limit한할 한
  • 翰feather, writing brush깃 한
  • 汗sweat땀 한

Seohan name FAQ

What does Seohan mean in Korean?
A popular way to write Seohan (서한) is 瑞 (auspicious) + 漢 (Han river), giving the meaning "auspicious + Han river". The meaning depends on the hanja the parents choose — 서한 can be written 1,824 different ways.
Is Seohan a Korean name?
Yes. Seohan is a Korean given name written 서한 in hangul, mostly given to girls.
How do you write Seohan in Korean?
In hangul it is 서한; a common hanja spelling is 瑞漢. It is also romanized as Seo-han.
What element is the name Seohan?
By its sounds, Seohan carries Metal + Earth in the Five Elements (Ohaeng) of Korean naming.

Names sharing a syllable

Seohan 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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