Taehyun 태현

Taehyun name meaning: “big + wise” (泰賢)

Taehyun is a Korean given name, most often given to boys. In hangul it is written 태현. 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 1,125 different ways.

Taehyun of TXT: Kang Tae-hyun is a member of TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) — Taehyun is his real given name, not a stage name.

About the name Taehyun

Taehyun (태현) is a Korean male name. It is written as two syllables, Tae and Hyun, which can also be romanized with a hyphen as Tae-hyun or with the Revised Romanization spelling Taehyeon. The syllable Tae (태) can use hanja like 泰 or 太, both meaning "big" or "great." The syllable Hyun (현) can be written with hanja such as 賢, meaning "wise" or "virtuous," or 炫, meaning "bright" or "dazzling."

Combining these, Taehyun could be written with 泰賢 to convey "great wisdom," or with 太炫 for a meaning like "great brightness." The choice of hanja gives the name its specific tone. Taehyun is mostly given to boys. Fans of K-pop group TOMORROW X TOGETHER may recognize the name from member Kang Tae-hyun, whose given name is Taehyun.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Taehyun, Tae-hyun, Taehyeon. They are all 태현.

How to pronounce Taehyun

태현
Voice:

Say it as teh-hyuhn (2 syllables). Korean doesn't stress one syllable the way English does, so give each beat roughly the same weight rather than saying TEH-hyuhn.

  • The romanized "eo" is pronounced "uh", close to the vowel in "sun", not "ee-oh".
  • "ae" and "e" sound the same in modern Seoul Korean, like the "e" in "bed".

The recording is a synthesized standard Seoul voice; the respelling above is an English approximation of it. More on the rules: how to pronounce Korean names. To hear more spoken Korean, try Korean greetings with audio.

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
  • 현 (starts with ㅎ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Taehyun

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

현45 characters can be used

  • 賢wise, virtuous어질 현
  • 炫bright밝을 현
  • 鉉pot handle솥귀 현
  • 玄black검을 현
  • 顯appear나타날 현
  • 現appear나타날 현
  • 見see뵈올 현
  • 懸hang달 현

Taehyun name FAQ

What does Taehyun mean in Korean?
A popular way to write Taehyun (태현) is 泰 (big) + 賢 (wise), giving the meaning "big + wise". The meaning depends on the hanja the parents choose — 태현 can be written 1,125 different ways.
Is Taehyun a Korean name?
Yes. Taehyun is a Korean given name written 태현 in hangul, mostly given to boys.
How do you write Taehyun in Korean?
In hangul it is 태현; a common hanja spelling is 泰賢. It is also romanized as Tae-hyun, Taehyeon.
What element is the name Taehyun?
By its sounds, Taehyun carries Fire + Earth in the Five Elements (Ohaeng) of Korean naming.

Names sharing a syllable

Taehyun 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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