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Hyeon-tae현태

Hyeon-tae brings together “wise and virtuous” and “great and peaceful.” Like your name, you are someone who is wise and good, and who lives a great and peaceful life.

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
賢泰賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ + 泰 ‘great and peaceful’
賢(어질 현) + 泰(클 태)
炫泰炫 ‘shining’ + 泰 ‘great and peaceful’
炫(밝을 현) + 泰(클 태)
賢太賢 ‘wise and virtuous’ + 太 ‘great’
賢(어질 현) + 太(클 태)
炫太炫 ‘shining’ + 太 ‘great’
炫(밝을 현) + 太(클 태)
玄泰玄 ‘profound’ + 泰 ‘great and peaceful’
玄(검을 현) + 泰(클 태)
玄太玄 ‘profound’ + 太 ‘great’
玄(검을 현) + 太(클 태)

Who it's given to

Hyeon-tae is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Hyeon-tae. Say it like hyun-teh.

현ㅎ + ㅕ + ㄴ
태ㅌ + ㅐ

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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