What is "tae-sung"

Tae-sung, also spelled Tae-song, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 20 hanja with the reading " tae" and 27 hanja with the reading " sung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:

• Cha Tae-sung (born 1934), South Korean footballer
• Jang Tae-sung (born 1980), South Korean actor
• Lee Tae-sung (born 1985), South Korean actor
• So Tae-song (born 1990), North Korean footballer

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Hong Tae-sung, in 2010 South Korean television series Bad Guy