Sang (Korean name)

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Sang
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상
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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[]

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 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[]

Hanja and meaning[]

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]

  1. 上 (윗 상 wit sang): "above"
  2. 尙 (오히려 상 ohiryeo sang): "yet", "still"
  3. 常 (항상 상 hangsang sang): "always"
  4. 賞 (상줄 상 sangjul sang): "to reward"
  5. 商 (장사 상 jangsa sang): "business"
  6. 相 (서로 상 seoro sang): "mutually"
  7. 霜 (서리 상 seori sang): "frost"
  8. 想 (생각 상 saenggak sang): "think"
  9. 傷 (다칠 상 tachil sang): "wound"
  10. 喪 (잃을 상 ilheul sang): "to lose"
  11. 嘗 (맛볼 상 matbol sang): "to taste"
  12. 裳 (치마 상 chima sang): "skirt"
  13. 詳 (자세할 상 jasehal sang): "detailed"
  14. 祥 (상서 상 sangseo sang): "auspicious"
  15. 象 (코끼리 상 kokkiri sang): "elephant"
  16. 像 (모양 상 moyang sang): "shape"
  17. 床 (평상 상 pyeongsang sang): "bench"
  18. 桑 (뽕나무 상 bbongnamu sang): "mulberry tree"
  19. 狀 (형상 상 hyeongsang sang): "shape"
  20. 償 (갚을 상 gapeul sang): "to pay a debt"
  21. 庠 (학교 상 hakgyo sang): "school"
  22. 湘 (강 이름 상 gang ireum sang): name of a river (the Xiang River in Guangxi, China)[6]
  23. 箱 (상자 상 sangja sang): "box"
  24. 翔 (날 상 nal sang): "to fly"
  25. 爽 (시원할 상 siwonhal sang): "refreshing"
  26. 塽 (높고 밝은 땅 상 nopgo balgeun ttang sang): "plateau"
  27. 孀 (홀어머니 상 horeomeoni sang): "widow"
  28. 峠 (고개 상 gogae sang): "mountain pass"
  29. 廂 (행랑 상 haengrang sang): "servant's quarters"
  30. 橡 (상수리나무 상 sangsurinamu sang): "oak tree"
  31. 觴 (잔 상 jan sang): "cup"
  32. 樣 (상수리나무 상 sangsurinamu sang): "oak tree"
  33. 牀 (평상 상 pyeongsang sang): "bench"
  34. 慡 (성품 밝을 상 seongpum balgeul sang): "bright disposition"
  35. 潒 (세찰 상 sechal sang): "to flow violently"

People[]

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[]

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[]

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "목천상씨(木川尙氏)" [Mokcheon Sang clan]. Academy of Korean Studies. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. ^ 인명용 한자표 [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. ^ 유니코드 한자사전 [Unicode Hanja Dictionary]. National Library of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  6. ^ "湘". ZDic. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  7. ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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