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Tae-won태원

Tae-won brings together “great and peaceful” and “first.” 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
泰元泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
泰(클 태) + 元(으뜸 원)
泰源泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 源 ‘source’
泰(클 태) + 源(근원 원)
泰瑗泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 瑗 ‘jade ring’
泰(클 태) + 瑗(구슬 원)
太元太 ‘great’ + 元 ‘first; origin’
太(클 태) + 元(으뜸 원)
太源太 ‘great’ + 源 ‘source’
太(클 태) + 源(근원 원)
太瑗太 ‘great’ + 瑗 ‘jade ring’
太(클 태) + 瑗(구슬 원)

Who it's given to

Tae-won is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

Revised Romanization: Tae-won. Say it like teh-wun.

태ㅌ + ㅐ
원ㅇ + ㅝ + 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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