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Gender Masculine
Usage Korean
Scripts 종현(Korean Hangul) 宗玄, 宗泫, 宗鉉, 宗賢, 鐘鉉, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Other Forms FormsJong-hyeon
Meaning & History
From Sino-Korean 宗 (jong) meaning “knowledge, root, ancestry” or 鐘 (jong) meaning “clock, bell” combined with 玄 (hyeon) meaning “deep, profound, mysterious”, 泫 (hyeon) meaning “weep, cry” or “shine, glisten”, or 賢 (hyeon) meaning “virtuous, good, clever”. Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.