Seoju 서주

Seoju is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 서주. 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 4,446 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Seoju, Seo-ju. They are all 서주.

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
  • 주 (starts with ㅈ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement

Hanja used for Seoju

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

주78 characters can be used

  • 周all around, complete두루 주
  • 主ruler, master, core임금 주/주인 주/심지 주
  • 珠gem, pearl구슬 주
  • 柱pillar, support기둥 주/버틸 주
  • 株tree stump그루 주
  • 宙house집 주
  • 調morning아침 주
  • 酒alcohol, liquor술 주

Names sharing a syllable

Seoju 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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