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