Seong-ja, also spelled Sung-ja, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.[1] There are 27 hanja with the reading "seong" and 28 hanja with the reading "ja" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.[2] Typically, "ja" is written with the hanja meaning "child" (子). Names ending with this hanja, such as Young-ja and Jeong-ja, were popular when Korea was under Japanese rule, but declined in popularity afterward.[3] The hanja used to write the name Seong-ja also correspond to a number of different Japanese given names; for example, both 成子 and 聖子 can be read as the name Seiko.[4]
| Seong-ja | |
| Hangul | 성자 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seong-ja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏngja |
People with this name include:
- Seund Ja Rhee (1918–2009), South Korean expatriate artist in France
- Shin Seong-Ja (born 1968), South Korean fencer
- Park Sung-Ja (born 1980), South Korean judo practitioner
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "성자, 이름검색". erumy.com. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ^ "가장 흔한 이름은? 男 영수→민준ㆍ女 영자→서연" [The most popular names? Boys: Young-su → Min-jun, girls: Young-ja → Seo-yeon]. Korea Economic Daily. 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
- ^ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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