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Ji-seon지선

Ji-seon brings together “wisdom” and “good and kind.” Like your name, you are someone who grows in wisdom and keeps a kind and good heart.

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
智善智 ‘wisdom’ + 善 ‘good and kind’
智(슬기 지) + 善(착할 선)
志善志 ‘aspiration; will’ + 善 ‘good and kind’
志(뜻 지) + 善(착할 선)
智仙智 ‘wisdom’ + 仙 ‘immortal; fairy’
智(슬기 지) + 仙(신선 선)
智宣智 ‘wisdom’ + 宣 ‘to proclaim’
智(슬기 지) + 宣(베풀 선)
志仙志 ‘aspiration; will’ + 仙 ‘immortal; fairy’
志(뜻 지) + 仙(신선 선)
志宣志 ‘aspiration; will’ + 宣 ‘to proclaim’
志(뜻 지) + 宣(베풀 선)

Who it's given to

Ji-seon is mostly a girl's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Ji-seon. Say it like jee-sun.

지ㅈ + ㅣ
선ㅅ + ㅓ + ㄴ

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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