Yeji 예지

Yeji is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 예지. 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 4,624 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Yeji, Ye-ji. They are all 예지.

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.

  • 예 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together
  • 지 (starts with ㅈ)→Metalclarity, resolve, refinement

Hanja used for Yeji

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.

예68 characters can be used

  • 藝skill, art재주 예
  • 叡bright밝을 예
  • 睿wisdom슬기 예
  • 兒young어릴 예
  • 豫미리미리 예
  • 禮etiquette예도 례(예)
  • 例rule, custom법식 례(예)
  • 禮etiquette예도 례(예)

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

Names sharing a syllable

Yeji 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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