Sarang 사랑

Sarang is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 사랑. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 1,640 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Sarang, Sa-rang. They are all 사랑.

Five Elements (Ohaeng)

In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.

  • 사 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 랑 (starts with ㄹ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility

Hanja used for Sarang

These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.

사82 characters can be used

  • 死die죽을 사
  • 事sift일 사
  • 師teacher스승 사
  • 使make, employ하여금 사/부릴 사
  • 辭speak말씀 사
  • 社earth god토지신 사
  • 私private사사 사
  • 思thought생각 사

랑20 characters can be used

  • 浪wave물결 랑(낭)
  • 郞man사내 랑(낭)
  • 狼wolf이리 랑(낭)
  • 娘woman여자 랑(낭)
  • 郎man사내 랑(낭)
  • 琅jade-like stone옥돌 랑(낭)
  • 朗bright밝을 랑(낭)
  • 烺brightly shining밝게 빛나는 모양 랑(낭)

Names sharing a syllable

Sarang belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.

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