Seong (), also spelled Song or Sung, is an uncommon
Korean family name
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, a single-syllable
Korean given name, as well as a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Hanja
, regulations of the
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permit the following 24 hanja with the reading Seong, plus six
variant forms, to be registered for use in given names.
Ten characters from the table of
basic hanja for educational use:
# (): "family name"
# (): "character", "personality"
# (): "accomplish"
#* ''(variant)''
[This variant uses in place of the hook stroke used in the standard form.][This is officially listed as a separate character in Schedule 1 of the regulations, rather than a variant form in Schedule 2 of the regulations.]
# (): "castle"
#* ''(variant)''
# (): "sincere"
#* ''(variant)''
# (): "abundant"
#* ''(variant)''
# (): "to observe"
# (): "sage"
# (): "voice"
# (): "star"
Fourteen characters from the table of
additional hanja for name use:
# (): name of a kind of jade
# (): "beautiful"
# (): "brightness of jade"
# (): "to realise"
# (): "to awaken"
# (): "library"
# (): "
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# (): "reed"
# (): "rotting meat"
# (): "property", "valuables"
# (): "victory"
# (): "bright"
#* ''(variant)''
#* ''(variant)''
[This variant form is not yet encoded in Unicode.]
#: "sharp hearing"
[This character is part of the ]CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B
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block and might not be displayed or printed properly. It consists of the ear radical and a character meaning "star" ().
# (): "red horse"
People
People with the monosyllabic given name Seong include:
*
Chŏng Sŏng (), Goryeo military commander
*
Jin Xing (; born 1967), Chinese ballet dancer of Korean descent
As name element
Many names starting with this element have been popular names for newborn baby boys in earlier decades, according to South Korean government data:
*1940:
Sung-ki (9th place)
*1950:
Sung-soo (3rd place) and
Sung-ho (6th place)
*1960:
Sung-ho (1st place) and
Sung-soo (7th place)
*1970:
Sung-ho (2nd place),
Sung-jin (3rd place),
Sung-hoon (5th place), and
Sung-min (8th place)
*1980:
Sung-min (2nd place) and
Sung-hoon (6th place)
*1990:
Sung-min (3rd place) and
Sung-hyun (4th place)
Other names containing beginning with this element include:
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Sung-chul (masculine)
*
Sung-ha (masculine)
*
Seong-han (unisex)
*
Sung-hee (unisex)
*
Seong-ja (feminine)
*
Sung-keun (masculine)
*
Sung-kyung (unisex)
*
Sung-mi (feminine)
*
Sung-nam (masculine)
*
Sung-sook (feminine)
*
Sung-woo (masculine)
*
Sung-yong (masculine)
Other names ending with this element include:
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Dae-sung (masculine)
*
Hae-seong (masculine)
*
Hee-sung (unisex)
*
Hye-sung (unisex)
*
Il-sung (masculine)
*
Jae-sung (masculine)
*
Jin-sung (unisex)
*
Oh-seong (masculine)
*
Tae-sung (masculine)
*
Woo-sung (masculine)
See also
*
List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See for an explanation.anandhu
List
* Ga-young ()
* Ga-eun ()
* Ga-eul ()
* Ga-in ()
* Kang-min ()
*Gun ()
* Kun-woo ()
* Kyung-gu ()
* Kyung-lim ()
* Kyung-mo ()
* Kyung-m ...
Notes
References
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Korean given names