Save Gender Feminine Usage Korean Pronounced Pron. JEE-SOL [key] Other Forms Formsji-sol, ji-sul Meaning & History From Sino-Korean 智 "wisdom, knowledge, intelligence" or 志 "purpose, will, determination" (ji), and from Chinese-Korean 설, also spelled 薛 or 偰 in hanja and 雪 in Chinese “snow” (seol).