Jean in Korean 장
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Jean as 장: one syllable, said jang. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Jean letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅇ at the bottom of 장 is "ng" as in "sing". At the top of a syllable ㅇ is silent.
- ㅈ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between ch and j.
- It's a single syllable in Korean, so say it in one short beat: jang.
How Koreans would call you
One syllable is short for Korea, where given names are almost always two, so 장 stands out and is easy to remember. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 장이 왔어 ("Jean's here").
장 is also one of the most common Korean family names (Jang), and a common word (장 = market, sauce, chapter).
Why it's spelled 장
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 진, but Korean media write 장, because the name is written the way it sounds in French, not the way it's spelled.
- Korean writes French names the French way: nasal vowels like 'an/on' end in ㅇ or ㄴ.
Type Jean on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 장 is the jamo ㅈㅏㅇ, typed with the keys wkd. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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How do you write Jean in Korean?
Jean is written 장 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: jang). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the French pronunciation. In Hangul it has one syllable: 장.
How do you pronounce Jean in Korean?
Say it jang, with one short beat. ㅇ at the bottom of 장 is "ng" as in "sing". At the top of a syllable ㅇ is silent.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.