Jinho 진호

Jinho is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 진호. 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 4,284 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jinho, Jin-ho. They are all 진호.

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.

  • 진 (starts with ㅈ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 호 (starts with ㅎ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Jinho

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.

진63 characters can be used

  • 珍treasure보배 진
  • 眞true참 진
  • 鎭suppress진압할 진
  • 進advance나아갈 진
  • 振shake, rouse떨칠 진
  • 津ferry나루 진
  • 陳arrange, old베풀 진/묵을 진
  • 盡exhaust다할 진

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

Jinho 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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