Sang is a rare

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, a single-syllable Korean unisex given name, and an element in many two-syllable

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s. Its meaning differs based on the

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used to write it.

Family name

As a family name, Sang may be written with only one hanja, meaning "yet" or "still" (; ). The 2000 South Korean Census found 2,298 people and 702 households with this family name. All but five of those listed a single ''

bon-gwan Bon-gwan (or Bongwan) is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name (clan name). Since Korea has been traditionally a Confucian country, this clan system is similar to ancient Chine ...

'' (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of clan members): Mokcheon (today Mokcheon-eup ), Dongnam District,

Cheonan Cheonan (; 천안시, ''Cheonan-si''), also spelled Ch'ŏnan, is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea. Cheonan has a population of 666,417 (2018), making it the most-populous city or county in South Chungcheong, and the third most-populous ci ...

South Chungcheong Province South Chungcheong Province ( ko, 충청남도, ''Chungcheongnam-do''), also known as Chungnam, is a province of South Korea. South Chungcheong has a population of 2,059,871 (2014) and has a geographic area of 8,204 km2 (3,168 sq mi) located in ...

. One person listed a different ''bon-gwan'', while four others had their ''bon-gwan'' listed as unknown. They claim descent from Sang Guk-jin (), an official of the early

Goryeo Goryeo (; ) was a Korean kingdom founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until 1392. Goryeo achieved what has been called a "true national unifica ...

period who was born in Mokcheon and rose to the post of () there.

Given name

Hanja and meaning

There are 35 hanja with the reading "sang" on the

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

n government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are. # ( ): 'above' # ( ): 'yet", "still' # ( ): 'always' # ( ): 'to reward' # ( ): 'business' # ( ): 'mutually' # ( ): 'frost' # ( ): 'think' # ( ): 'wound' # ( ): 'to lose' # ( ): 'to taste' # ( ): 'skirt' # ( ): 'detailed' # ( ): 'auspicious' # ( ): 'elephant' # ( ): 'shape' # ( ): 'bench' # ( ): 'mulberry tree' # ( ): 'shape' # ( ): 'to pay a debt' # ( ): 'school' # ( ): name of a river (the

Xiang River The Xiang River is the chief river of the Lake Dongting drainage system of the middle Yangtze, the largest river in Hunan Province, China. It is the 2nd largest tributary (after Min River) in terms of surface runoff, the 5th largest tributar ...

in Guangxi, China) # ( ): 'box' # ( ): 'to fly' # ( ): 'refreshing' # ( ): 'plateau' # ( ): 'widow' # ( ): 'mountain pass' # ( ): 'servant's quarters' # ( ): 'oak tree' # ( ): 'cup' # ( ): 'oak tree' # ( ): 'bench' # ( ): 'bright disposition' # ( ): 'to flow violently'

People

People with the single-syllable Korean given name Sang include: *

Yi Sang Kim Hae-Gyeong ( hangul: 김해경, hanja: 金海卿, September 23, 1910 – April 17, 1937), also known as his pen name Yi Sang ( hangul: 이상, hanja: 李箱) was a writer and poet who lived in Korea under Japanese rule. He is well-known ...

(1910–1937), birth name Kim Haikyung, Korean writer of the Japanese colonial period *

Ku Sang Ku Sang (born and died in Seoul; September 16, 1919 - May 11, 2004) was a Korean poet, considered one of Korea's most respected and trusted poets. Life Ku Sang was raised in Wonsan, in South Hamgyeong Province which is now situated in Nort ...

(1919–2004), South Korean poet * Chang Sang (born 1939), South Korean politician, country's first female prime minister

As name element

Two names beginning with this syllable were popular names for newborn South Korean boys in the mid-20th century: Sang-chul (10th place in 1950) and Sang-hoon (9th place in 1960 and 1970). Names containing this syllable include: *

Eun-sang Eun-sang, also spelled Un-sang, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "''eun''" and 43 hanja with the reading "'' sang''" on the South Ko ...

Jun-sang Jun-sang also spelled Joon-sang, is a Korean masculine given name. People with this name include: *Choi Jun-sang (born 1978), South Korean equestrian *Yoo Jun-sang (born 1969), South Korean actor Fictional characters with this name include: *Kang ...

* Sang-chul * Sang-eun * Sang-hoon * Sang-hyun * Sang-jun * Sang-mi * Sang-won * Sang-woo * Sang-wook

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