Hassan in Korean 하산
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Hassan as 하산: two syllables, said ha-san. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Hassan letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
Two even beats, ha-san: Korean doesn't stress one syllable over the other the way English does.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables, so 하산 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 하산이 왔어 ("Hassan's here").
Why it's spelled 하산
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 해샌, but Korean media write 하산, because the name is written the way it sounds in Arabic, not the way it's spelled.
- Arabic names reach Korean through different romanizations, so Korean media spellings can vary; this is the common one.
Type Hassan on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 하산 is the jamo ㅎㅏ ㅅㅏㄴ, typed with the keys gk tks. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Hassan in Korean?
Hassan is written 하산 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: hasan). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the Arabic pronunciation. In Hangul it has two syllables: 하 + 산.
How do you pronounce Hassan in Korean?
Say it ha-san, with even weight on every syllable. Two even beats, ha-san: Korean doesn't stress one syllable over the other the way English does.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.