Jang: Korean surname in hangul and hanja

How it is written

장 張 JangListen: 장

Rank and people

Rank 8 in South Korea in the 2015 census: 1,021,107 people carry the surname in hangul, 2.05% of the Korean nationals counted.

Hanja spellings

The surname 장 can be written with more than one hanja.

• 張 992,721 people write it with this hanja

  • 張 counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread

• 蔣 21,508 people write it with this hanja

  • 蔣 surname, hydropyrum latifalium

• 章 5,764 people write it with this hanja

  • 章 badge, chapter, compositionKorean reading 장 · 11 strokes

• 莊 445 people write it with this hanja

  • 莊 broom

• 長 409 people write it with this hanja

  • 長 long, leader, superiorKorean reading 장 · 8 strokes

• 將 109 people write it with this hanja

  • 將 commander, general, admiral

• 藏 53 people write it with this hanja

  • 藏 hide, own, have

• 場 27 people write it with this hanja

  • 場 location, place

• 裝 25 people write it with this hanja

  • 裝 dress, pretend, disguise

• 臧 13 people write it with this hanja

  • 臧 good, bribe, servant

• 葬 9 people write it with this hanja

  • 葬 interment, bury, shelve

• 壯 7 people write it with this hanja

  • 壯 big, large, robust

• 庄 7 people write it with this hanja

  • 庄 level, in the country, manorKorean reading 장 · 6 strokes

• 漿 5 people write it with this hanja

  • 漿 a drink

Hanja meanings and Korean readings: KANJIDIC2.

Romanization and spellings

Revised Romanization: Jang. McCune-Reischauer: Chang. Other spellings: Jhang, Zhang, Jahng, Zang, Jaung