Sang-woo

Sang-woo is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name.

Sang-woo
Hangul	상우
Hanja	相又, 相佑, 相宇, 尚佑, 尚禹, and others
Revised Romanization	Sang-u
McCune–Reischauer	Sang'u

Hanja

There are 35 hanja with the reading "sang" and 41 hanja with the reading "woo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.^[1] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

• 相又 (서로 상 seoro sang; 또 우 ddo u)
• 相佑 (서로 상 seoro sang; 도울 우 doul u)
• 相宇 (서로 상 seoro sang; 집 우 jip u)
• 尚佑 (오히려 상 ohiryeo sang; 도울 우 doul u)
• 尚禹 (오히려 상 ohiryeo sang; 성씨 우 seongssi u)

People

People with this name include:

Entertainment industry

• Lee Sang-woo (director) (born 1971), South Korean film director
• Kwon Sang-woo (born 1976), South Korean actor
• Lee Sang-woo (born 1980), South Korean actor
• Do Sang-woo (born 1987), South Korean actor
• Roy Kim (born Kim Sang-woo, 1993), South Korean singer-songwriter
• Chae Sang-woo (born 1999), South Korean actor

Sportspeople

• Lee Sang-u (born 1943, South Korean rower
• Kim Sang-woo (volleyball) (born 1973), South Korean volleyball player
• Kim Sang-woo (referee) (born 1975), South Korean football referee
• Sin Sang-woo (footballer) (born 1976), South Korean football defender (K-League Challenge)
• Kim Sang-woo (footballer, born 1987), South Korean midfielder
• Shin Sang-woo (ice hockey) (born 1987), South Korean professional ice hockey winger
• Kang Sang-woo (born 1993), South Korean football midfielder (K-League)
• Cho Sang-woo (born 1994), South Korean baseball pitcher (Korea Baseball Organization)

Other

• Park Sangwoo (born 1958), South Korean writer

Fictional characters

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Yoon Sang-woo, from the 2009−2010 television series Wife Returns
• Lee Sang-woo, from the 2012 television series Seoyoung, My Daughter
• Oh Sang-woo, from the 2016−2019 comics series Killing Stalking
• Cho Sang-woo, from the 2021 Netflix series Squid Game
• Chu Sang-woo, from the 2022 television series Semantic Error

See also

• List of Korean given names