Chang-ho

For the general and the river spelled Chang Ho in Chinese Wade–Giles romanisation, see Zhang He and Zhang River.
Chang-ho
Hangul
창호
Hanja
昌浩, 昌鎬, 彰浩, 昶浩, and others
Revised RomanizationChang-ho
McCune–ReischauerCh'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

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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