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Sang-hoon

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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

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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

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People with this name include:

Sportspeople

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Fictional

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Others

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See also

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References

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  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.