Seung-su, Sung-su, or Seung-soo is a Korean masculine

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. The meaning differs based on the

hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "

seung The ''sueng'' (, Burmese language, Burmese: ၄ကြိုးထပ်ပို (ဆီုင်), , also spelled ''seung'' or ''süng'') Lanna(ᨪᩧ᩠ᨦ)is a plucked fretted lute from the Northern Thailand, northern (Lanna) region of Thaila ...

" and 67 hanja with the reading " soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: *

Han Seung-soo Han Seung-soo (; born 28 December 1936) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2008 to 2009 under President Lee Myung-bak. He was the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special ...

(born 1936), South Korean politician and diplomat *

Kim Seung-soo Kim Seung-soo (; born July 25, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Television series * ''Hur Jun (TV series), Hur Jun'' (1999) * ''Bad Boys'' (2000) * ''Rookie'' (2000) * ''Cool'' (2001) * ''Mina (TV series), Mina'' (2001) * ''Fox ...

(born 1973), South Korean actor *

Ryu Seung-soo Ryu Seung-soo (born August 12, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Ryu made his acting debut in 1997 with a minor role in Park Chan-wook's film ''Trio'', and has been active as a supporting actor on film and television since. Among his notable films ...

(born 1981), South Korean actor *

Lee Seung-soo Lee Seung-su (; born 20 July 1990) is a South Korean judoka. Career Lee is the South Korea national team's primary half-middleweight fighter, having represented them at the 2014 and 2015 World Judo Championships. He was also chosen as the half ...

(born 1990), South Korean ''judoka''

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