Jiwoo 지우

Jiwoo is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 지우. 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 4,488 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Jiwoo, Ji-woo, Jiu, Jiwu. They are all 지우.

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
  • 우 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Jiwoo

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

우66 characters can be used

  • 優abundant, excellent넉넉할 우/뛰어날 우
  • 佑help도울 우
  • 雨rain비 우
  • 禹Yu the Great하우씨 우
  • 宇house집 우
  • 祐help도울 우
  • 愚foolish어리석을 우
  • 旴big클 우

Names sharing a syllable

Jiwoo 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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