Dan in Korean 댄
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Dan as 댄: one syllable, said daen. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Dan letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅐ (ae) is said like the e in "bed" by most Koreans today, a little more closed than the a in "cat".
- ㄷ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between t and d.
- It's a single syllable in Korean, so say it in one short beat: daen.
How Koreans would call you
One syllable is short for Korea, where given names are almost always two, so 댄 stands out and is easy to remember. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 댄이 왔어 ("Dan's here").
Why it's spelled 댄
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 댄, the same spelling Korean media use.
Type Dan on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 댄 is the jamo ㄷㅐㄴ, typed with the keys eos. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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How do you write Dan in Korean?
Dan is written 댄 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: daen). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has one syllable: 댄.
How do you pronounce Dan in Korean?
Say it daen, with one short beat. ㅐ (ae) is said like the e in "bed" by most Koreans today, a little more closed than the a in "cat".
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.