Character concept

Korean Name Hanja Related to “First”

6 Court-legal Hanja are linked to this dictionary concept. A name spelling containing one of their readings does not, by itself, prove that the full name means “First”.

元원first; dollar; origin; head 先선first, former, previous 頭두head; top; chief, first; boss 首수head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185 鼻비nose; first; Kangxi radical 209 㢺현(non-classical form of 弦) string (of a bow, a musical instrument, etc.), chord of an arc, the first or last quarter of a lunar month

Compatible readings

Name spellings connected by sound

These are names whose Hangul contains a reading used by at least one Hanja above. They are not asserted to share this meaning.