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Gwang

Gwang is the Romanized transcription of the Korean syllable 광, which can be represented by different hanja characters. The most common hanja are 光, meaning light, and 廣, meaning broad or wide. As a syllable, 광 appears in numerous Korean words and proper names, and its meaning in any given term depends on the hanja used.

In Korean usage, 광 occurs as a morpheme in many compounds such as light-related terms or descriptors

Cross-linguistically, the same syllable is rendered differently. In Mandarin Chinese, the corresponding sounds are written as

of
size,
and
it
also
functions
as
a
component
in
personal
names
and
in
toponyms.
The
syllable
forms
the
initial
part
of
several
well-known
places,
including
Gwangju
(광주),
Gwangyang
(광양),
and
Gwangmyeong
(광명).
As
a
standalone
word,
Gwang
is
uncommon
in
modern
Korean
outside
naming
conventions;
it
is
typically
encountered
as
part
of
a
larger
word
or
as
a
transcription
of
a
personal
name.
Guang,
using
different
characters,
and
are
unrelated
to
Korean
romanization.
In
Korean
contexts,
Gwang
is
specifically
the
romanization
of
the
Hangul
광
and
reflects
the
language’s
use
of
Sino-Korean
morphemes
in
many
common
words
and
place
names.