Sung-yong
| Sung-yong | |
| Hangul | 성용 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seong-yong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏng'yong |
Sung-yong, also spelled Seng-yong in the Yale transcription system, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. 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]
People with this name include:
- Woo Sung-yong (born 1974), South Korean footballer
- Choi Sung-yong (born 1975), South Korean footballer
- Kim Seng-yong (born 1987), Zainichi Korean footballer with North Korean citizenship
- Ki Sung-yueng (born 1989), South Korean footballer
See also
- List of Korean given names
- Nam Sung-yong (1912–2001), Korean marathon runner of the Japanese colonial period, whose given name is spelled "Seung-ryong" (승룡) in Revised Romanisation
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