Ji-soo, also spelled Ji-su, Jee-su, or Jee-soo, is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]

Ji-soo
Hangul
지수
Hanja
, , , and others
Revised RomanizationJi-su
McCune–ReischauerChisu

Entertainers edit

Sportspeople edit

  • Mo Ji-soo (born 1969), South Korean male short track speed skater
  • Hwang Ji-soo (born 1981), South Korean male football midfielder (K League Classic)
  • Jisoo Han (born 1983), South Korean female diving instructor in Honduras
  • Jeon Ji-soo (born 1985), South Korean female short track speed skater
  • Kim Ji-soo (baseball) (born 1986), South Korean male baseball player
  • Jung Ji-soo (born 1990), South Korean male football striker (Thai Division 1 League)
  • Yoon Ji-su (born 1993), South Korean female fencer
  • Kim Ji-soo (skeleton racer) (born 1994), South Korean male skeleton racer
  • Park Ji-soo (footballer) (born 1994), South Korean male football centre back (K League Challenge)
  • Park Ji-su (born 1998), South Korean female basketball player

Other people edit

  • Jisoo Han (born 1983), a South Korean underwater diving instructor who was jailed and placed under house arrest in Honduras

Fictional characters edit

  • Ha Ji-soo, a character from the Korean manhwa Unbalance ×2
  • Yun Jisoo, a character from the Korean novel If You Leave Me
  • Yoon Ji-soo, a character from the Korean television series Sweet Home
  • Jisoo, a guest character from the Thai television series Girl2K

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF) (in Korean). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. August 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.