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Tae-u태우

Tae-u brings together “great and peaceful” and “universe.” Like your name, you are someone who dreams as big as the universe 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
泰宇泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 宇 ‘universe’
泰(클 태) + 宇(집 우)
泰祐泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 祐 ‘blessing’
泰(클 태) + 祐(복 우)
泰佑泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 佑 ‘to help’
泰(클 태) + 佑(도울 우)
太宇太 ‘great’ + 宇 ‘universe’
太(클 태) + 宇(집 우)
太祐太 ‘great’ + 祐 ‘blessing’
太(클 태) + 祐(복 우)
太佑太 ‘great’ + 佑 ‘to help’
太(클 태) + 佑(도울 우)

Who it's given to

Tae-u is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Tae-u. Say it like teh-oo.

태ㅌ + ㅐ
우ㅇ + ㅜ

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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