Jiho 지호

Jiho is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 지호. 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 4,624 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jiho, Ji-ho. They are all 지호.

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
  • 호 (starts with ㅎ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Jiho

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

호68 characters can be used

  • 虎tiger범 호
  • 鎬place name땅 이름 호
  • 浩wide넓을 호
  • 昊sky하늘 호
  • 湖lake호수 호
  • 晧bright밝을 호
  • 好good좋을 호
  • 豪hero, brave호걸 호

Names sharing a syllable

Jiho 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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