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Tae-san태산

Tae-san brings together “great and peaceful” and “mountain.” Like your name, you are someone who stands as steady as a mountain 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
泰山泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 山 ‘mountain’
泰(클 태) + 山(메 산)
太山太 ‘great’ + 山 ‘mountain’
太(클 태) + 山(메 산)

Who it's given to

Tae-san is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Tae-san. Say it like teh-san.

태ㅌ + ㅐ
산ㅅ + ㅏ + 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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