Eun-sang, also spelled Un-sang, is a
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
n unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the
hanja
Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom.
(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, wh ...
used to write each syllable of the name. There are 30 hanja with the reading "''
eun
Eun, also spelled Un, or En, Ehn, Enn, Unn, is an uncommon List of Korean surnames, Korean surname, a single-syllable Korean given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. As given name meaning differs based on the hanja use ...
''" and 43 hanja with the reading "''
sang''" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "상"
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People with this name include:
* Lee Eun-sang (1903–1982), Korean poet and historian
*Lee Eun-sang (singer)
Lee Eun-sang ( ko, 이은상, born October 26, 2002), also known by the mononym Eunsang, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is currently a member of Younite. He is also a former member of X1 which debuted in 2019. He debuted as a solo artis ...
(born 2002), South Korean singer, former member of X1
Fictional characters with this name include:
*Cha Eun-sang, in 2013 South Korean television series '' The Heirs''
See also
*List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names by type. Most Korean given names consist of two Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja. There are also names with more than two syllables, often from native Korean vocabulary. Finally, there are a sm ...
References
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Korean unisex given names