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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Yoon

  • 润moist; sleek; to embellish
  • 云cloud (simplified form of 雲); to say (literary)
  • 允to allow; fair, just
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
Y
Romanization
Hakka
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters润云允
2

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Yoon in their name

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Yoon is a Chinese name syllable from Hakka, such as 润 (sleek), 云 (cloud) or 允 (fair); its meaning depends on the characters.

Possible characters for Yoon

This spelling is common in Hakka romanization.

  • 润

    moist; sleek; to embellish

    Hakka yun / Mandarin rùn

    attested

  • 云

    cloud (simplified form of 雲); to say (literary)

    Hakka yùn / Mandarin yún

    attested

  • 允

    to allow; fair, just

    Hakka yún / Mandarin yǔn

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Yoon

Yoon is a spelling of the Hakka reading yun. The characters 润 (moist; sleek) and 云 (cloud) are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling, and 允 (fair, just) is also read yún in Hakka. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationHakka

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Yoon

Sources

  1. MDBG: 润 · mdbg.net · meaning
  2. MDBG: 云 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. MDBG: 允 · mdbg.net · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 潤 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 云 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  6. Wiktionary: 雲 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  7. Wiktionary: 允 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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