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태형 (Tae-Hyung) means “great, peaceful · prosperous, smooth” when written 泰亨. It is a common name for people born in the 1990s. Its characters carry the elements 水 Water, 土 Earth, which matters when a name is chosen to balance a birth chart.
| Hangul | Hanja | Romanised | Meaning | Element |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 태 | 泰 | tae | great, peaceful | 💧 水 Water |
| 형 | 亨 | hyeong | prosperous, smooth | ⛰️ 土 Earth |
태형 is best known as BTS V's birth name (김태형, 金泰亨). 泰 means great or peaceful and 亨 means prosperous, smooth-going — a solid, traditional boys' name that was popular in the 1990s.
Revised Romanisation: taehyeong (tae-hyeong). The spelling most Koreans with this name use abroad: Tae-Hyung. Korean syllables have equal length — say each one evenly, no stress.