Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Korean (Modern)
Scripts 슬기(Korean Hangul) 璱基, 瑟基, 璱起, 瑟璣, 璱伎, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Other Forms FormsSeul-Ki, Sul-Ki, Seul-Kee
Meaning & History
From native Korean 슬기 (seulgi) meaning "wisdom, intelligence." It can also be written with hanja, combining a seul hanja, like 璱 meaning "blue jewel" or 瑟, referring to the pipa instrument, with a gi hanja, such as 基 meaning "foundation, base," 起 meaning "rise, stand up; go up; begin," 璣 meaning "jewel; star" or 伎 meaning "talent, skill, gift."