Jisoo 지수

Jisoo is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 지수. 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 6,188 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jisoo, Ji-su, Jisu. They are all 지수.

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

Hanja used for Jisoo

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

수91 characters can be used

  • 數count셈 수
  • 秀excellent빼어날 수
  • 水river물 수
  • 手hand손 수
  • 修cultivate닦을 수
  • 壽life, longevity목숨 수
  • 遂finally, follow드디어 수/따를 수
  • 受receive받을 수

Names sharing a syllable

Jisoo 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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