Pronunciation | /sʊŋ/ |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Korean |
Meaning | Different depending on Hanja |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Sung |
Seung | |
Hangul | 승 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seung |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŭng |
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.