Siweon 시원

Siweon is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 시원. 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 2,773 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Siweon, Si-weon. They are all 시원.

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.

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

Hanja used for Siweon

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.

시59 characters can be used

  • 是this, right이 시/옳을 시
  • 時time때 시
  • 施bestow, grant베풀 시
  • 始beginning, first비로소 시
  • 詩poem시 시
  • 示show, display보일 시
  • 視see, look볼 시
  • 市market저자 시

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

Siweon 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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