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Sang-hoon
Hangul
상훈
Hanja
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Revised RomanizationSang-hun
McCune–ReischauerSang-hun

Sang-hoon, also spelled Sang-hun, is a Korean masculine given name. It was the ninth-most popular name for baby boys in South Korea in 1960 and 1970. [1] Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja

There are 35 hanja with the reading " sang" and 12 hanja with the reading " hoon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [2] Examples of ways this name may be written in hanja include:

  • (오히려 상; ohiryeo sang; lit. "yet", "still"; 공 훈; gong hun; lit. "meritorious")
  • (서로 상; seoro sang; lit. "mutually"; 공 훈; gong hun; lit. "meritorious")
  • (서로 상; seoro sang; lit. "mutually"; 가르칠 훈; garuchil hun; lit. "to teach")
  • (강 이름 상; gang ireum sang; lit. " Xiang River" (in China); 공 훈; gong hun; lit. "meritorious")

People

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

Fictional

Others

See also

References

  1. ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2015.