Jidam 지담

Jidam is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 지담. 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 2,380 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jidam, Ji-dam. They are all 지담.

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.

  • 지 (starts with ㅈ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 담 (starts with ㄷ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility

Hanja used for Jidam

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.

지68 characters can be used

  • 智wisdom슬기 지
  • 知know알 지
  • 地ground, earth땅 지
  • 志will, purpose뜻 지
  • 至reach이를 지
  • 池pond못 지
  • 枝branch가지 지
  • 芝zhi herb지초 지

담35 characters can be used

  • 炎beautiful아름다울 담
  • 擔carry멜 담
  • 淡clear, pure맑을 담
  • 談speak말씀 담
  • 膽gallbladder쓸개 담
  • 潭pond못 담
  • 澹clear, pure맑을 담
  • 覃deep깊을 담

Names sharing a syllable

Jidam 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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