Ji-hye

For the name spelled 지해 in hangul, see Ji-hae.
Ji-hye
Pronunciation/dʒi.hɛ/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameKorean
Meaning"wisdom", or different depending on Hanja
Other names
Alternative spellingJee-hye, Ji-hae, Jee-hae, Ji-hay, Jee-hay
Ji-hye
Hangul
지혜
Hanja
智惠, 智慧, 知惠, and others
Revised RomanizationJi-hye
McCune–ReischauerChihye
IPA[tɕiheː], [dziheː]

Ji-hye, also spelled Jee-hye, or Ji-hae, is a Korean feminine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 65 hanja with the reading "ji"[1] and 25 hanja with the reading "hye"[2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It also means "wisdom" in Korean.[3][4] Ji-hye was the most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1980, 1988, and 1990.[5][6]

People

People with this name include:

Fictional characters

Fictional characters with this name include:

See also

References

  1. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "지"
  2. ^ 대법원 인명용 : 네이버 한자사전 "혜"
  3. ^ '지혜': 네이버 영어사전
  4. ^ 지혜 - Wiktionary
  5. ^ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  6. ^ 이진희 (Yi Jin-hui) (2009-01-28). "너도 민준이니… 어! 또 서연이야". Hankook Ilbo. Archived from the original on 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-27.