What's Joshua in Korean?
Joshua → 홍지수
Joshua in Korean is 홍지수 (Hong Ji-Soo) — a name meaning “knowing waters.”
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“knowing waters”
fact_checkQuick Facts
- English
- Joshua
- Korean (한글)
- 홍지수
- Romanized
- Hong Ji-Soo
- Hanja (한자)
- 洪知洙
- Meaning
- knowing waters
- Gender
- Male
- Saju Element
- 水 수 💧
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- Joshua (Hong Ji-Soo) (SEVENTEEN)
menu_bookThe Hanja Story
Joshua (Hebrew 'Yehoshua,' the Lord is salvation) has a direct K-pop translation: Joshua of SEVENTEEN — Hong Ji-Soo — a Korean-American Pledis member from Los Angeles. The hanja 知洙 reads 'knowing waters' — quietly wise, fluid, and steady.
starFamous Korean Named 홍지수
Korean-American member of K-pop boy group SEVENTEEN, vocalist
ecoSaju Element Reading
The Korean name 홍지수 aligns with the water element of the Five Elements (오행). Carriers of this energy tend toward wisdom, intuition, fluidity. In Saju (사주, the Korean Four-Pillars personality framework), this element shapes the quiet character behind the name.
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About Joshua in Korean
If you have ever wondered what is Joshua in Korean, the answer most Korean-American families and K-pop fans land on is 홍지수 (Hong Ji-Soo). The hanja 洪知洙 — written in Chinese characters used historically across Korea — literally means “knowing waters.”
홍지수 is a masculine given name in Korean. It carries the water element of Saju (사주), the Korean Four-Pillars personality framework — read by some as Korea's cultural answer to MBTI. In K-pop circles, Joshua (Hong Ji-Soo) of SEVENTEEN is the most recognized public figure with a name in this family.
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