Jeongseok 정석

Jeongseok is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 정석. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 2,200 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jeongseok, Jeong-seok. They are all 정석.

Five Elements (Ohaeng)

In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.

  • 정 (starts with ㅈ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 석 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement

Hanja used for Jeongseok

These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.

정88 characters can be used

  • 正right, first month바를 정/정월 정
  • 情will, purpose뜻 정
  • 鄭Jeong country정나라 정
  • 政government, rule정사 정/칠 정
  • 定decide, forehead정할 정/이마 정
  • 丁fourth heavenly stem넷째 천간 정
  • 貞upright곧을 정
  • 庭yard뜰 정

석25 characters can be used

  • 石stone, measure of grain돌 석/섬 석
  • 釋untangle풀 석
  • 錫tin주석 석
  • 昔old times예 석
  • 析split쪼갤 석
  • 惜frugal, stingy아낄 석
  • 席seat자리 석
  • 奭big클 석

Names sharing a syllable

Jeongseok belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.

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