Taegeon 태건
Taegeon is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 태건. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 600 different ways.
Other spellings
The same name is romanized in several ways: Taegeon, Tae-geon. They are all 태건.
Five Elements (Ohaeng)
In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.
- 태 (starts with ㅌ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility
- 건 (starts with ㄱ)→Woodgrowth, reaching outward, new beginnings
Hanja used for Taegeon
These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.
태25 characters can be used
- 泰big클 태
- 太big클 태
- 兌exchange, joy바꿀 태/기쁠 태
- 汰sift일 태
- 台star, typhoon별 태/태풍 태
- 脫rejoice기뻐할 태
- 態appearance모습 태
- 殆almost, dangerous거의 태/위태할 태
건24 characters can be used
- 建establish, spill세울 건/엎지를 건
- 乾sky, dry하늘 건/마를 건
- 健strong, robust굳셀 건
- 鍵key, lock열쇠 건/자물쇠 건
- 件item, matter물건 건
- 巾towel수건 건
- 虔reverent, respectful공경할 건
- 愆fault, error허물 건
Names sharing a syllable
Taegeon belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.
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