Meaning of 우주

우주 (Woo-Joo) means “universe, house · cosmos” when written 宇宙. It is one of the most popular names for babies born in Korea in the 2020s. Its characters carry the elements 土 Earth, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.

Other hanja spellings

• 우 can also be written 佑 (divine help), 雨 (rain), 優 (excellent, graceful)
• 주 can also be written 珠 (pearl), 柱 (pillar), 周 (complete, circle)

How to pronounce 우주

Revised Romanisation: uju (u-ju). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Woo-Joo. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.