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Ji-seok지석

Ji-seok brings together “wisdom” and “great.” Like your name, you are someone who grows in wisdom and grows into someone great.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
智碩智 ‘wisdom’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
智(슬기 지) + 碩(클 석)
志碩志 ‘aspiration; will’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
志(뜻 지) + 碩(클 석)
智錫智 ‘wisdom’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
智(슬기 지) + 錫(주석 석)
志錫志 ‘aspiration; will’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
志(뜻 지) + 錫(주석 석)
知碩知 ‘knowledge’ + 碩 ‘great; eminent’
知(알 지) + 碩(클 석)
知錫知 ‘knowledge’ + 錫 ‘to bestow; tin’
知(알 지) + 錫(주석 석)

Who it's given to

Ji-seok is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Ji-seok. Say it like jee-suk.

지ㅈ + ㅣ
석ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄱ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

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