Jiseon 지선

Jiseon is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 지선. 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 3,808 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jiseon, Ji-seon. They are all 지선.

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
  • 선 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement

Hanja used for Jiseon

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

선56 characters can be used

  • 善good, virtuous착할 선
  • 宣bestow, grant베풀 선
  • 鮮beautiful, few고울 선/적을 선
  • 先first, before먼저 선
  • 船boat배 선
  • 洗clean깨끗할 선
  • 禪zen, cede선 선/물려줄 선
  • 選select, choose가릴 선

Names sharing a syllable

Jiseon 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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