Oreumi

Write your name in Hangul

Type your name. We'll show how Koreans would write it, then you build it yourself, one block at a time.

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How a name becomes Hangul

  1. 1

    Sound, not spelling

    Hangul writes what you hear. Michael is 마이클 because that's how it sounds, not because each English letter has a Korean twin.

  2. 2

    Blocks of two to four letters

    Each block is one syllable: a first sound, a vowel and sometimes a last sound. 린 is ㄹ + ㅣ + ㄴ.

  3. 3

    Where the spellings come from

    Vietnamese names follow the official rules of the National Institute of Korean Language, the ones Korean news uses: Nguyễn is 응우옌. Common English names use the spelling Koreans see most. For other names we guess from the sound.