Taeyang 태양

Taeyang is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 태양. 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 1,400 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Taeyang, Tae-yang. They are all 태양.

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
  • 양 (starts with ㅇ)→Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Taeyang

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

양56 characters can be used

  • 陽sunlight볕 양
  • 揚raise, fly날릴 양
  • 梁ridgepole들보 량(양)
  • 讓yield, concede사양할 양
  • 良wise, virtuous어질 량(양)
  • 養raise, nurture기를 양
  • 羊sheep양 양
  • 樣shape, form모양 양

Names sharing a syllable

Taeyang 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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