Tae, also spelled Tai or Thae, is a single-syllable masculine
Korean given name
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, and an element used in many two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning of this given name may have a variety of meanings depending on the hanja used to write it.
As a given name
In given names, the meaning of "Tae" depends on the hanja used to write it. There are 20 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; they are:
# (클 태 ''keul tae''): "great"
# (클 태 ''keul tae''): "exalted"
# (게으를 태 ''ge-eureul tae''): "idle"
# (거의 태 ''geo-ui tae'', 위태할 태 ''witaehal tae''): "almost", "dangerous"
# (모습 태 ''moseup tae''): "form", "shape"
# (일 태 ''il tae''): "to wash"
# (바꿀 태 ''bakkul tae''): "to change"
# (별 태 ''byeol tae''): "platform"
# (아이 밸 태 ''ai bael tae''): "unborn child"
# (나라 이름 태 ''nara ireum tae''):
Tai, an ancient city-state in modern
Shaanxi
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# (볼기 칠 태 ''bolgi chil tae''): "to flog"
# (이끼 태 ''ikki tae''): "
lichen
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# (밟을 태 ''balbeul tae''): "to trample"
# (태풍 태, ''taepung tae''): "
typhoon
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# (티타늄 태 ''titanyum tae''): "
titanium
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# (옥 무늬 태 ''ok munui tae''): "jade pattern"
# (복어 태 ''bugeo tae''): "
blowfish
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# (벗을 탈 ''beoseul tae''): "to undress"
# (아름다울 태 ''areumdaul tae''): "beautiful"
# (미칠 태 ''michil tae''): "to arrive"
Notable people
People with the single-syllable given name Tae include:
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Buyeo Tae, Baekje prince, son of
King Uija
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Wang T'ae, Goryeo prince, son of
King Taejo
As name element
Given names containing this element include:
;First syllable
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Tae-min
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Tae-hee
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Tae-ho
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Tae-hyun
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Tae-joon
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Tae-soo
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Tae-suk
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Tae-sung
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Tae-won
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Tae-hyung
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Tae-woo
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Tae-wook
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Tae-woong
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Tae-yeon
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Tae-yong
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Tae-young
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Tae-il
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Tae-ri
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Tae-ha
;Second syllable
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Hyun-tae
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Ji-tae
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Joon-tae
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Ki-tae
Ki-tae, also spelled Ki-tai, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 68 hanja with the reading "ki" and 20 hanja with the reading " tae" on the South Korean govern ...
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Kyung-tae
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Young-tae
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Min-tae
See also
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List of Korean given names
This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See for an explanation.anandhu
List
* Ga-young ()
* Ga-eun ()
* Ga-eul ()
* Ga-in ()
* Kang-min ()
*Gun ()
* Kun-woo ()
* Kyung-gu ()
* Kyung-lim ()
* Kyung-mo ()
* Kyung-m ...
References
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Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names