Chang-ho explained

Hangul:	창호
Hanja:	,,,, and others
Mr:	Ch'angho
Rr:	Chang-ho

Chang-ho is a Korean masculine given name.

Hanja

The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 25 hanja with the reading "chang" and 49 hanja with the reading "ho" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.^[1] Ways of writing this name in hanja include:

• (Korean: 창성할 창, Korean: 넓을 호): "prosperous and large". The same characters are also one possible way of writing the Japanese given name Masahiro.^[2]
• (Korean: 창성할 창, Korean: 호경 호): "prosperous and bright"

People

People with this name include:

Sportspeople

• Kim Chang-ho, North Korean table tennis player
• Choi Chang-ho (born 1964), South Korean boxer
• Song Chang-ho (born 1986), South Korean football midfielder
• Lee Chang-ho (baseball) (born 1987), South Korean baseball player
• Lee Chang-ho (footballer) (born 1989), South Korean football midfielder
• Ri Chang-ho (born 1990), North Korean football defender

Other

• Ahn Changho (1878–1938), Korean independence activist
• Cho Chang-ho (soldier) (1930–2006), South Korean soldier held prisoner in North Korea for 43 years
• Bae Chang-ho (born 1953), South Korean film director
• Chung Chang-ho (born 1967), South Korean judge on the International Criminal Court
• Kim Chang-ho (climber) (1969–2018), South Korean mountain climber
• Cho Chang-ho (film director) (born 1972), South Korean film director
• Lee Chang-ho (born 1975), South Korean professional Go player

See also

• List of Korean given names

Notes and References

1. Web site: 인명용 한자표. Table of hanja for use in personal names. Supreme Court. South Korea. 17 October 2013.
2. Book: Breen, Jim. Jim Breen

   . Japanese Names Dictionary. Jim Breen. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. 2011. 10 October 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121205062302/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi. 5 December 2012.