Sun-woo | |
Hangul | 선우 |
---|---|
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seonu |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏnu |
IPA | /sʌnu/ |
Sun-woo, also spelled Seon-u, Sŏn-u, or Seon-woo, is a Korean surname and unisex given name. It may also be written without the hyphen after the 'n', particularly when used as a surname. [1]
As a surname, Sun-woo is written with the hanja 鮮 于. Taewon Sunwoo clan is one of the Korean clans. The bon-gwan of the surname is Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. [2] The 2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 3,560 people with this surname in South Korea, making it the second-most common two-syllable surname in the country. [3]
People with this surname include:
As a given name, the meaning of Sun-woo differs based on the hanja used to write the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading " seon" and 41 hanja with the reading " woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [4]
People with this given name include:
Surname: usually one syllable although there are ten surnames of two syllables. Examples: Kim, Yi, Lee, Namgung, Sunwoo ... Both two-syllable surnames and two-syllable given names may have their syllables joined or linked by a hyphen. In the more common case of a single-syllable surname, the hyphenated given names help to distinguish the surname.
Sun-woo | |
Hangul | 선우 |
---|---|
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seonu |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏnu |
IPA | /sʌnu/ |
Sun-woo, also spelled Seon-u, Sŏn-u, or Seon-woo, is a Korean surname and unisex given name. It may also be written without the hyphen after the 'n', particularly when used as a surname. [1]
As a surname, Sun-woo is written with the hanja 鮮 于. Taewon Sunwoo clan is one of the Korean clans. The bon-gwan of the surname is Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. [2] The 2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 3,560 people with this surname in South Korea, making it the second-most common two-syllable surname in the country. [3]
People with this surname include:
As a given name, the meaning of Sun-woo differs based on the hanja used to write the name. There are 41 hanja with the reading " seon" and 41 hanja with the reading " woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [4]
People with this given name include:
Surname: usually one syllable although there are ten surnames of two syllables. Examples: Kim, Yi, Lee, Namgung, Sunwoo ... Both two-syllable surnames and two-syllable given names may have their syllables joined or linked by a hyphen. In the more common case of a single-syllable surname, the hyphenated given names help to distinguish the surname.