Miseon 미선

Miseon is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 미선. 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 2,464 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Miseon, Mi-seon. They are all 미선.

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.

  • 미 (starts with ㅁ)→Waterdepth, adaptability, quiet strength
  • 선 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement

Hanja used for Miseon

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.

미44 characters can be used

  • 美beautiful아름다울 미
  • 微small작을 미
  • 未not아닐 미
  • 味taste맛 미
  • 靡fall down쓰러질 미
  • 彌Mireuk, pervasive, wield bow미륵 미/두루 미/활 부릴 미
  • 迷bewitch미혹할 미
  • 米rice쌀 미

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

Miseon 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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