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Tae-yang태양

Tae-yang brings together “great and peaceful” and “sunlight.” Like your name, you are someone who is as warm as sunlight 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
泰陽泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 陽 ‘sunlight’
泰(클 태) + 陽(볕 양)
泰洋泰 ‘great and peaceful’ + 洋 ‘ocean’
泰(클 태) + 洋(큰 바다 양)
太陽太 ‘great’ + 陽 ‘sunlight’
太(클 태) + 陽(볕 양)
太洋太 ‘great’ + 洋 ‘ocean’
太(클 태) + 洋(큰 바다 양)

Who it's given to

Tae-yang is mostly a boy's name.

How to say and write it

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

태ㅌ + ㅐ
양ㅇ + ㅑ + ㅇ

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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