Chang-ho

Chang-ho
Hangul 창호
Hanja 昌浩, 昌鎬, 彰浩, 昶浩, and others
Revised Romanization Chang-ho
McCune–Reischauer Ch'angho

Chang-ho is a Korean masculine given name.

Hanja

The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 25 hanja with the reading "chang" and 49 hanja with the reading "ho" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[1] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

  • 昌浩 (창성할 창 changseonghal chang, 넓을 호 neolbul ho): "prosperous and large". The same characters are also one possible way of writing the Japanese given name Masahiro.[2]
  • 昌鎬 (창성할 창 changseonghal chang, 호경 호 hogyeong ho): "prosperous and bright

People

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

Other

  • Ahn Changho (1878–1938), Korean independence activist
  • Bae Chang-ho (born 1953), South Korean film director
  • Chung Chang-ho (born 1967), South Korean judge on the International Criminal Court
  • Cho Chang-ho (born 1972), South Korean film director
  • Lee Chang-ho (born 1975), South Korean professional Go player

See also

References

  1. ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
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