Seung (Korean given name)
| Pronunciation | /sʊŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Korean |
| Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Sung |
| Seung | |
| Hangul | 승 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŭng |
| IPA | [sɯŋ] |
Seung, also spelled Sung, is a single-syllable Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. As a given name, its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it. There are 17 hanja with the reading seung on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Hanja
[edit]Article 44 of South Korea's Act on Registration of Family Relations gives the Supreme Court the power to define the list of hanja 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 seung, plus one variant form:[1]
- 乘 (탈 승; tal seung): "to ride"
- 承 (이을 승; ieul seung): "to inherit"
- 勝 (이길 승; igil seung): "to win"
- 昇 (오를 승; oreul seung): "to rise"
- 僧 (중 승; jung seung): "monk"
- 丞 (도울 승; toul seung): "to help"
- 陞 (오를 승; oreul seung): "to rise"
- 阩 (variant)
- 繩 (노끈 승; nokkeun seung): "rope"
- 蠅 (파리 승; pari seung): "fly"
- 升 (오를 승; oreul seung): "to rise"
- 榺 (잉아 승; ing-a seung): "heddle"
- 氶 (이을 승; ieul seung): "to inherit"
- 塍 (밭두둑 승; batduduk seung): "ridge"
- 㞼 (정승 승; jeongseung seung): "to flatter"
- 陹 (오를 승; oreul seung): "to rise"
- 鬙 (머리 헝클어질 승; meori heongkeurojil seung): "to have tangled hair"
- 㴍 (물 이름 승; mul ireum seung): used in the name of a body of water
People
[edit]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 (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
[edit]First syllable
[edit]- Seung-ah
- Seung-chul
- Seung-eun
- Seung-gi
- Seung-hee
- Seung-heon
- Seung-hwa
- Seung-hwan
- Seung-hyun, which was the 10th-most popular given name for newborn boys in 1990[2]
- Seung-ho
- Seung-hoon
- Seung-jae
- Seung-jun
- Seung-min
- Seung-soo
- Seung-won
- Seung-woo
- Seung-yeon
- Seung-yong
- Seung-yoon
Second syllable
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 규칙 [Regulations on Registration of Family Relations] (Regulation 2954) (in Korean). 29 January 2021.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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