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Dae-seong대성

Dae-seong brings together “great” and “to accomplish.” Like your name, you are someone who grows into someone great and achieves what you set out to do.

Meaning and hanja

Korean names are usually written with Chinese characters (hanja) chosen for their meaning, so one name can be spelled several ways. Common spellings:

HanjaMeaning
大成大 ‘great’ + 成 ‘to accomplish’
大(큰 대) + 成(이룰 성)
大誠大 ‘great’ + 誠 ‘sincerity’
大(큰 대) + 誠(정성 성)
大星大 ‘great’ + 星 ‘star’
大(큰 대) + 星(별 성)

Who it's given to

Dae-seong is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Dae-seong. Say it like deh-sung.

대ㄷ + ㅐ
성ㅅ + ㅓ + ㅇ

Each Hangul syllable is a block: first consonant, vowel, then any final consonant. See the stroke order animated in the app.

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