Sunwoo 선우

Sunwoo is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 선우. 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 3,696 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Sunwoo, Sun-woo. They are all 선우.

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.

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

Hanja used for Sunwoo

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.

선56 characters can be used

  • 善good, virtuous착할 선
  • 宣bestow, grant베풀 선
  • 鮮beautiful, few고울 선/적을 선
  • 先first, before먼저 선
  • 船boat배 선
  • 洗clean깨끗할 선
  • 禪zen, cede선 선/물려줄 선
  • 選select, choose가릴 선

우66 characters can be used

  • 優abundant, excellent넉넉할 우/뛰어날 우
  • 佑help도울 우
  • 雨rain비 우
  • 禹Yu the Great하우씨 우
  • 宇house집 우
  • 祐help도울 우
  • 愚foolish어리석을 우
  • 旴big클 우

Names sharing a syllable

Sunwoo 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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