Tae-yeon is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

used to write each syllable of the name.

Hanja

There are 20 hanja with the reading " tae" and 39 hanja with the reading "

yeon Yeon or less commonly Youn (연) is a Korean surname. The name may correspond to the Chinese surnames Yan (燕, 延) or Lian (連). The hanja 延 is much more common than 燕 and 連. Yeon may also refer to the extinct surname (淵). Origin � ...

" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. Some ways of writing this name in hanja include: * (바꿀 태, 고울 연), with hanja meaning "change" and "beautiful"/"kind-hearted" * (클 태, 고울 연), with hanja meaning "great" and "beautiful"/"kind-hearted" * (클 태, 거만할 연), with hanja meaning "great" and "proud" * (클 태, 늘일 연), with hanja meaning "great" and "lengthen" Some ways of writing the name use hanja for "yeon" that are not on the South Korean government's list of name hanja: * (클 태, 가냘플 연), with hanja meaning "great" and "thin" * (클 태, 종대추나무 연), with hanja meaning "great" and a kind of ''

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People

People with this name include: ;Entertainers * Won Tae-yeon (born 1971), South Korean male film director * Kim Tae-yeon (actress) (born 1976), South Korean actress *

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(born 1989), South Korean female singer, member of girl group

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;Sportspeople * Ha Tae-yeon (born 1976), South Korean male wrestler *

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(born 1989), Chinese male footballer of Korean descent * Kim Tae-yeon (footballer) (born 1988), South Korean male footballer ;Others *

Kim Tae-yeon (painter) Kim Tae-yeon (; ; born 27 August 1986) is a South Korean painter based in Seoul. Education * 2006–2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University * 2010–2013 Master of Fine Arts in Oriental Painting from ...

(born 1986), South Korean female painter Fictional characters with this name include: *Kim Tae-yeon, female character in 2005 South Korean film ''

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'' *Min Tae-yeon, male character in 2011 South Korean television series ''

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{{given name Korean unisex given names

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