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Tae-uk태욱

Tae-uk brings together “great and peaceful” and “rising sun.” Like your name, you are someone who shines like the rising sun 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
泰旭泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 旭 ‘rising sun’
泰(클 태) + 旭(아침 해 욱)
泰煜泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 煜 ‘to shine’
泰(클 태) + 煜(빛날 욱)
太旭太 ‘great’ + 旭 ‘rising sun’
太(클 태) + 旭(아침 해 욱)
太煜太 ‘great’ + 煜 ‘to shine’
太(클 태) + 煜(빛날 욱)

Who it's given to

Tae-uk is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Tae-uk. Say it like teh-ook.

태ㅌ + ㅐ
욱ㅇ + ㅜ + 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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