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Tae-gwon태권
Tae-gwon brings together “great and peaceful” and “authority.” Like your name, you are someone who leads well 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:
| Hanja | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 泰權 | 泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 權 ‘authority’ 泰(클 태) + 權(권세 권) |
| 太權 | 太 ‘great’ + 權 ‘authority’ 太(클 태) + 權(권세 권) |
- Harmony
- Ambition
Who it's given to
Tae-gwon is mostly a boy's name.
How to say and write it
Revised Romanization: Tae-gwon. Say it like teh-gwun.
태ㅌ + ㅐ
권ㄱ + ㅝ + ㄴ
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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