Gender Feminine Usage Korean Scripts 지혜(Korean Hangul) 智慧, etc.(Korean Hanja) Pronounced Pron. CHEE-YEH Meaning & History From a Sino-Korean compound meaning "wisdom", formed of the hanja characters 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and 慧 (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.