Sang-hoon
Appearance
Sang-hoon | |
Hangul | 상훈 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Sang-hun |
McCune–Reischauer | Sang-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
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:
- 尚勳 (오히려 상 ohiryeo sang "yet", "still"; 공 훈 gong hun "meritorious")
- 相勳 (서로 상 seoro sang "mutually"; 공 훈 gong hun "meritorious")
- 相訓 (서로 상 seoro sang "mutually"; 가르칠 훈 garuchil hun "to teach")
- 湘勳 (강 이름 상 gang ireum sang, the name of the Xiang River in China; 공 훈 gong hun "meritorious")
People
People with this name include:
Sportspeople
- Lee Sang-hoon (baseball) (born 1971), South Korean baseball player
- Kim Sang-hoon (born 1973), South Korean football player
- Jung Sang-hoon (footballer) (born 1985), South Korean football player
- Yu Sang-hun (born 1985), South Korean football player
- Park Sang-hoon (born 1993), South Korean cyclist
- Han Sang-hoon, South Korean badminton player
Others
- Kwak Sang-hoon, South Korean politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Korea in 1960
- Maeng Sang-hoon (born 1960), South Korean actor
- Choe Sang-hun (born 1964), South Korean journalist
- Jung Sang-hoon (born 1978), South Korean actor
- Hwang Sang-hoon (born 1981), South Korean rapper, member of Black Beat
- Lee Sanghoon (born 1993), South Korean singer, member of 100%