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Tae-il태일

Tae-il brings together “great and peaceful” and “one.” Like your name, you are someone who is first in what you love 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
泰一泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 一 ‘one; first’
泰(클 태) + 一(한 일)
泰日泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 日 ‘sun; day’
泰(클 태) + 日(날 일)
太一太 ‘great’ + 一 ‘one; first’
太(클 태) + 一(한 일)
太日太 ‘great’ + 日 ‘sun; day’
太(클 태) + 日(날 일)

Who it's given to

Tae-il is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Tae-il. Say it like teh-eel.

태ㅌ + ㅐ
일ㅇ + ㅣ + ㄹ

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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