Sang (Korean name)
| Sang | |
| Hangul | 상 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Sang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sang |
| IPA | [sa̠ŋ] |
Sang is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean unisex given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Family name[edit]
As a family name, Sang may be written with only one hanja, meaning "yet" or "still" (尙; 오히려 상 ohiryeo sang). 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 (origin of a clan lineage, not necessarily the actual residence of clan members): Mokcheon (today Mokcheon-eup 목천읍), Dongnam District, Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province. One person listed a different bon-gwan, while four others had their bon-gwan listed as unknown.[1] They claim descent from Sang Guk-jin (상국진; 尙國珍), an official of the early Goryeo period who was born in Mokcheon and rose to the post of jangri (장리; 長吏) there.[2][3]
Given name[edit]
Hanja and meaning[edit]
There are 35 hanja with the reading "sang" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; they are.[4][5]
- 上 (윗 상 wit sang): 'above'
- 尙 (오히려 상 ohiryeo sang): 'yet", "still'
- 常 (항상 상 hangsang sang): 'always'
- 賞 (상줄 상 sangjul sang): 'to reward'
- 商 (장사 상 jangsa sang): 'business'
- 相 (서로 상 seoro sang): 'mutually'
- 霜 (서리 상 seori sang): 'frost'
- 想 (생각 상 saenggak sang): 'think'
- 傷 (다칠 상 tachil sang): 'wound'
- 喪 (잃을 상 ilheul sang): 'to lose'
- 嘗 (맛볼 상 matbol sang): 'to taste'
- 裳 (치마 상 chima sang): 'skirt'
- 詳 (자세할 상 jasehal sang): 'detailed'
- 祥 (상서 상 sangseo sang): 'auspicious'
- 象 (코끼리 상 kokkiri sang): 'elephant'
- 像 (모양 상 moyang sang): 'shape'
- 床 (평상 상 pyeongsang sang): 'bench'
- 桑 (뽕나무 상 bbongnamu sang): 'mulberry tree'
- 狀 (형상 상 hyeongsang sang): 'shape'
- 償 (갚을 상 gapeul sang): 'to pay a debt'
- 庠 (학교 상 hakgyo sang): 'school'
- 湘 (강 이름 상 gang ireum sang): name of a river (the Xiang River in Guangxi, China)[6]
- 箱 (상자 상 sangja sang): 'box'
- 翔 (날 상 nal sang): 'to fly'
- 爽 (시원할 상 siwonhal sang): 'refreshing'
- 塽 (높고 밝은 땅 상 nopgo balgeun ttang sang): 'plateau'
- 孀 (홀어머니 상 horeomeoni sang): 'widow'
- 峠 (고개 상 gogae sang): 'mountain pass'
- 廂 (행랑 상 haengrang sang): 'servant's quarters'
- 橡 (상수리나무 상 sangsurinamu sang): 'oak tree'
- 觴 (잔 상 jan sang): 'cup'
- 樣 (상수리나무 상 sangsurinamu sang): 'oak tree'
- 牀 (평상 상 pyeongsang sang): 'bench'
- 慡 (성품 밝을 상 seongpum balgeul sang): 'bright disposition'
- 潒 (세찰 상 sechal sang): 'to flow violently'
People[edit]
People with the single-syllable Korean given name Sang include:
- Yi Sang (1910–1937), birth name Kim Haikyung, Korean writer of the Japanese colonial period
- Ku Sang (1919–2004), South Korean poet
- Chang Sang (born 1939), South Korean politician, country's first female prime minister
As name element[edit]
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).[7] Names containing this syllable include:
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "행정구역(구시군)/성씨·본관별 가구 및 인구" [Family names by administrative region (district, city, county): separated by bon-gwan, households and individuals]. Korean Statistical Information Service. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "성씨유래검색: 상(尙)". Daejeon: Jokbo Museum. Retrieved 1 September 2017. The Jokbo Museum cites the following work for their pages on family names: 김진우 (2009). 한국인 의 역사 [The History of Koreans]. 春秋筆法 [Chunchu Pilbeop]. OCLC 502157619.
- ^ "목천상씨(木川尙氏)" [Mokcheon Sang clan]. Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ 유니코드 한자사전 [Unicode Hanja Dictionary]. National Library of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "湘". ZDic. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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