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Tae-hyeon태현

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

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

Who it's given to

Tae-hyeon is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Tae-hyeon. Say it like teh-hyun.

태ㅌ + ㅐ
현ㅎ + ㅕ + 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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