Dae-sung, also spelled Dae-seong, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "dae" and 27 hanja with the reading "sung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Dae-sung
Hangul
대성
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationDae-seong
McCune–ReischauerTaesŏng

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People with this name include:

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Other edit

  • Kim Daeseong (700–774), Silla minister under King Seongdeok
  • Kang Daesung (born 1989), member of South Korean boy band Big Bang

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References edit

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2014-04-15.