Sung-yong

For the Korean given name spelled 승용 in hangul, see Seung-yong.
Sung-yong
Hangul
성용
Hanja
成用, 成勇, 誠庸, and others
Revised RomanizationSeong-yong
McCune–ReischauerSŏng'yong

Sung-yong, also spelled Seng-yong in the Yale transcription system or Seong-yong in Revised Romanization, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja

There are 27 hanja with the reading "sung" and 24 hanja with the reading "yong" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Additionally, there is one character with the reading "ryong" which may also be written and pronounced "yong" in South Korea.[1] Some ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • 成勇 (이룰 성 yirul seong, 날랠 용 nallael yong): "becoming brave"
  • 成龍 (이룰 성 yirul seong, 용 룡/용 용 yong ryong/yong yong): "becoming the dragon"; also spelled Seong-ryong or Sung-ryong. This is the second half of the four-character idiom mangjaseongryong (望子成龍), meaning "hope for one's son to become a dragon".
  • 誠庸 (정성 성 jeongseong seong, 떳떳할 용 ddeotddeothal yong): "sincere and honourable"

People

People with this name include:

See also

References

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 29. Retrieved 2013-10-17.