Save Gender Masculine Usage Popular Culture, Korean Scripts 구원(Korean Hangul) Pronounced Pron. GOO-WAWN(Korean) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From the Korean Drama My Demon, where it is the name of the lead male character, Jeong Guwon (Song Kang). In Korean, 구원 (guwon) means "rescue, salvation", which is noted in the show and referenced back to several times.