Miso 미소

Miso is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 미소. 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 3,080 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Miso, Mi-so. They are all 미소.

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

Hanja used for Miso

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

소70 characters can be used

  • 素original, white본디 소/흴 소
  • 小small작을 소
  • 昭bright밝을 소
  • 笑laughter웃음 소
  • 蘇perilla차조기 소
  • 所place, what바 소
  • 疏communicate소통할 소
  • 少few, young적을 소/젊을 소

Names sharing a syllable

Miso 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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