hwan
Americannoun
plural
hwannoun
Etymology
Origin of hwan
< Korean, the reading of a character used as a graphic synonym of wǒn (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese yuán yuan )
Example Sentences
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Park Chung Hee, who seized power in 1961 by way of the country's first successful coup, regularly used the tactic to quash dissent – as did his successor, Chun Doo Hwan.
From BBC
To overcome this obstacle, Donglai Pan, Myoung Hwan Oh, Wonyong Choi, and their colleagues set out to build a system that could operate under realistic conditions.
From Science Daily
Shin Joon Hwan, an ecologist, walked along a road lined with cherry trees on the verge of blooming last week, examining the fine hairs around their dark red buds.
From New York Times
Ko Young Hwan, who defected to South Korea in the 1990s, told the BBC he heard the workers exploded when they learnt that years' worth of unpaid wages had been transferred to a war preparation fund in Pyongyang.
From BBC
Nola struck out Ji Hwan Bae in the sixth of this one to reach 200 strikeouts for the third straight season.
From Washington Times
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