Seojin 서진

Seojin is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 서진. 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 3,591 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Seojin, Seo-jin. They are all 서진.

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.

  • 서 (starts with ㅅ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • 진 (starts with ㅈ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement

Hanja used for Seojin

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.

서57 characters can be used

  • 瑞auspicious상서 서
  • 書writing글 서
  • 徐slow, unhurried천천히 할 서
  • 序order, sequence차례 서
  • 敍order, sequence차례 서
  • 豫spread out펼 서
  • 舒spread out펼 서
  • 抒untangle풀 서

진63 characters can be used

  • 珍treasure보배 진
  • 眞true참 진
  • 鎭suppress진압할 진
  • 進advance나아갈 진
  • 振shake, rouse떨칠 진
  • 津ferry나루 진
  • 陳arrange, old베풀 진/묵을 진
  • 盡exhaust다할 진

Names sharing a syllable

Seojin 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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