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Tae-sik태식

Tae-sik brings together “great and peaceful” and “to plant.” Like your name, you are someone who plants seeds that grow 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
泰植泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 植 ‘to plant’
泰(클 태) + 植(심을 식)
泰湜泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 湜 ‘clear water’
泰(클 태) + 湜(물 맑을 식)
太植太 ‘great’ + 植 ‘to plant’
太(클 태) + 植(심을 식)
太湜太 ‘great’ + 湜 ‘clear water’
太(클 태) + 湜(물 맑을 식)

Who it's given to

Tae-sik is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Tae-sik. Say it like teh-seek.

태ㅌ + ㅐ
식ㅅ + ㅣ + ㄱ

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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