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Jong-tae종태

Jong-tae brings together “bell” and “great and peaceful.” Like your name, you are someone who rings out clear like a bell and 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
鍾泰鍾 ‘bell’ + 泰 ‘great and peaceful’
鍾(쇠북 종) + 泰(클 태)
鍾太鍾 ‘bell’ + 太 ‘great’
鍾(쇠북 종) + 太(클 태)
宗泰宗 ‘ancestral root’ + 泰 ‘great and peaceful’
宗(마루 종) + 泰(클 태)
宗太宗 ‘ancestral root’ + 太 ‘great’
宗(마루 종) + 太(클 태)

Who it's given to

Jong-tae is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Jong-tae. Say it like jong-teh.

종ㅈ + ㅗ + ㅇ
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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