Somang 소망

Somang is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 소망. 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 1,260 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Somang, So-mang. They are all 소망.

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.

  • 소 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 망 (starts with ㅁ)→Waterdepth, adaptability, quiet strength

Hanja used for Somang

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.

소70 characters can be used

  • 素original, white본디 소/흴 소
  • 小small작을 소
  • 昭bright밝을 소
  • 笑laughter웃음 소
  • 蘇perilla차조기 소
  • 所place, what바 소
  • 疏communicate소통할 소
  • 少few, young적을 소/젊을 소

망18 characters can be used

  • 望hope, full moon바랄 망/보름 망
  • 亡perish망할 망
  • 罔net, not exist그물 망/없을 망
  • 妄delusional망령될 망
  • 忘forget잊을 망
  • 忙busy바쁠 망
  • 網net그물 망
  • 芒awn까끄라기 망

Names sharing a syllable

Somang 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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