Sang-cheol or Sang-chul, also spelled Sang-chol in
North Korea
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, is a
Korea
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n masculine given name. It was the
10th-most popular name for newborn boys in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
in 1950.
Its 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 35 hanja with the reading "
sang" and 11 hanja with the reading "
chul" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
People with this name include:
Sportspeople
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Lee Sang-cheol (born 1935), South Korean long distance runner
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Seo Sang-cheol (judoka) (born 1944), South Korean judo practitioner
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Sang Chul Lee (taekwondo) (born 1948), American taekwondo practitioner of Korean descent
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Yoon Sang-chul
Yoon Sang-chul (born June 14, 1965) is a former South Korean footballer. During the course of his career, he played for only one club, FC Seoul. He was the first player to score 100 goals in the K League.
Honours and awards
Player
Lucky-Go ...
(born 1965), South Korean football forward
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Yoo Sang-chul
Yoo Sang-chul ( ko, 유상철; 18 October 1971 – 7 June 2021) was a South Korean football player and manager. Yoo was regarded as one of the greatest South Korean midfielders of all time. He was selected as a midfielder of the 2002 FIFA Wor ...
(1971–2021), South Korean football manager
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Park Sang-cheol (born 1984), South Korean football goalkeeper
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Ri Sang-chol
Ri Sang-chol ( ko, 리상철 ; born 26 December 1990) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive ro ...
(born 1990), North Korean football midfielder
Other
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Sang Chul Lee
Sang Chul Lee (February 29, 1924 – January 28, 2017) was the 32nd Moderator of the United Church of Canada and the first person of Asian descent to hold the position. He was elected by the 32nd General Council of the United Church of Canada at ...
(1924–2017), United Church of Canada leader
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Suh Sang-chul
Suh Sang-Chul (1935–1983) was a South Korean economist, educator and administrator.
Biography
He was born as a son of the father, Suh Chang-sun who ran a brewery business and the mother, Gwak Bok-sun in Hongseong, South Chungcheong province ...
(1935–1983), South Korean economist, educator and administrator
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Chin Sang-chol, North Korean politician; see
2014 North Korean parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in North Korea on 9 March 2014 to elect the members of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly.
Background
This was the first election since the assumption of Kim Jong-un as leader of the country as the leader of th ...
See also
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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 masculine given names
Masculine given names