Seung (Korean name)

Seung
Pronunciation/sʊŋ/
Origin
Word/nameKorean
MeaningDifferent depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingSung
Seung
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeung
McCune–ReischauerSŭng
IPA[sɯŋ]

Seung, also spelled Sung, is an uncommon Korean surname, 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.