Ji-seok
For the Everline railway station in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do ,South Korea, see Jiseok Station.
| Ji-seok | |
| Hangul | 지석 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 知碩, 智錫, 芝釋, 志錫, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Ji-seok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chisŏk |
Ji-seok is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 20 hanja with the reading "seok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People with this name include:
- James Kim Ji-seok (born 1940), South Korean Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of the Diocese of Wonju
- Kim Ji-seok (actor) (born Kim Bo-seok, 1981), South Korean actor
- Seo Ji-seok (born So Jong-uk, 1981), South Korean actor
- Kim Ji-seok (Go player) (born 1989), South Korean professional Go player
Fictional characters with this name include:
- Ji-suk, in 2003 South Korean film Madeleine
- Seo Ji-suk, in 1999 South Korean television series Happy Together
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). Seoul: Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
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