cus the virginia tech shooter's name was Cho. But in harry potter, cho chang is a girl. so which is it?
2007-04-18 13:20:30 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Actually, it is neither.
Here in South Korea, the name Cho is a family name; usually compared to your family (last) name.
Hope this helps.
2007-04-18 13:28:57 · answer #1 · answered by Living In Korea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cho, in this case is an oriental "family" name, like last names in the western cultures.
Chang is also a family name.
The complexities sinked in when the same spelling actually represents several different written words in the Asian countries.
Therefore, you can misunderstand the same spelling Cho as first name or last name.
Back to the original native Asian writings, they can be very different, and actually may even sound slightly differently in many many variations for different meanings. Yet they all spelled as Cho in English.
2007-04-18 20:31:28 · answer #2 · answered by Sir W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cho was his last name. And Cho Chang is a made up person made by some British mom who had nothing to do. Also Korean culture is different from Chinese.
2007-04-18 20:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by music_lad34 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cho is actually the family's last name, his first name is Seung-Hui. In english a lot of Korean names are shown last name first.
(If you look at the articles about the family and see his sisters name you will see the Cho, Sung is her name)
2007-04-18 20:25:19 · answer #4 · answered by hr4me 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cho is his family name. His sister is Cho Sun. Asian cultures always say the family name first.
2007-04-18 20:25:12 · answer #5 · answered by Kleineganz 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
have you ever heard about something called "UNISEX"...
or if you know that chinese and korean are 2 different races? Just like Americans and Israeli's (Middle Easterns)... right??? For example Tom in USA might mean "You" in asia?
2007-04-18 20:24:03 · answer #6 · answered by Abdul S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's his last name, I think.
The last name, the "family name" comes first in many Asian cultures. The personal name is second.
2007-04-18 20:23:45 · answer #7 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Obviously it could be either for a boy or girl.
2007-04-18 20:23:26 · answer #8 · answered by mom of twins 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it depend most names could be use for boys and girls
2007-04-18 20:28:17 · answer #9 · answered by juanita2_2000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i guess it can be both a girl and a guy's name.
2007-04-18 20:23:21 · answer #10 · answered by JewelzRox 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋