Seung, also spelled Sung, is a single-syllable

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, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. As a given name, its meaning differs based on the

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used to write it. There are 17 hanja with the reading on the

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n government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

Hanja

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the power to define the list of

permitted for use in given names. Under the Supreme Court's regulations, that list consists of the Basic Hanja for educational use and a list of additional hanja permitted for use in given names. Among those hanja, there are 17 with the reading , plus one variant form: # (): "to ride" # (): "to inherit" # (): "to win" # (): "to rise" # (): "monk" # (): "to help" # (): "to rise" #* (variant) # (): "rope" # (): "

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" # (): "to rise" # (): "

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" # (): "to inherit" # (): "

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" # (): "to flatter" # (): "to rise" # (): "to have tangled hair" # (): used in the name of a body of water

People

People with the single-syllable given name Seung include: * Myŏng Sŭng, the Korean name of Ming Sheng, the last Ming Xia emperor who was exiled to Korea *

Sŏng Sŭng General Sŏng Sŭng ( ? – 1456) was a Korean Joseon Dynasty politician and soldier. His art name was Chŏkkok, and he was the father of Sŏng Sammun. Involved in his son's plot to overthrow King Sejo and restore his nephew King Danjong to the ...

(died 1456), Joseon dynasty soldier * Park Seung (born 1936), South Korean banker * Suh Sung (born 1945), Zainichi Korean who was held as a political prisoner in South Korea for 19 years

As a name element

First syllable

Seung-ah Seung-ah, also spelled Seung-a, is a Korean feminine given name. People with this name include: * Seo Seung-ah (born Lee Na-young, 1983), South Korean actress *Yoon Seung-ah (born 1983), South Korean actress * Oh Seung-ah (born Oh Se-mi, 1988), S ...

Seung-chul Seung-chul, also spelled Seung-cheol or Sung-chol, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading " seung" and 11 hanja with the reading " chul ...

Seung-eun Seung-eun, also spelled Seung-un, or Sung-un, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "''seung''" and 30 hanja with the reading "'' eun''" ...

Seung-gi Seung-gi, also spelled Seung-ki or Sung-gi, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 68 hanja with the reading "ki" on the Sou ...

* Seung-hee * Seung-heon *

Seung-hwa Seung-hwa is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 15 hanja with the reading "hwa" on the South Korean government's official l ...

Seung-hwan Seung-hwan is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 21 hanja with the reading " hwan" on the South Korean government's official ...

Seung-hyun Seung-hyun, also spelled Seung-hyeon, or Seung-hyon, Sung-hyon, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "''seung'' ...

, which was the 10th-most popular given name for newborn boys in 1990 *

Seung-ho Seung-ho is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "Seung (Korean name), seung" and 49 hanja with the reading "ho (Korean name), ho" on the ...

Seung-hoon Seung-hoon, also spelled Seung-hun, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja with which it is written. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 12 hanja with the reading "hoon" on the South Korean government ...

Seung-jae Seung-jae is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja with which it is written. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 20 hanja with the reading " jae" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja w ...

Seung-jun Seung-jun, also spelled Seung-joon, or Sung-jun, Sung-joon, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "''seung''" and 43 hanja with the re ...

Seung-min Seung-min, also spelled Sung-min, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 27 hanja with the reading " min" on the South Korean ...

Seung-soo Seung-su, Sung-su, or Seung-soo is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 15 hanja with the reading "seung" and 67 hanja with the reading " soo" on the South Korean ...

Seung-won Seung-won, also spelled Sung-won, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "''Seung (Korean given name), seung''" and 46 hanja with the r ...

* Seung-woo * Seung-yeon * Seung-yong * Seung-yoon

Second syllable

* Hyun-seung

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