João in Korean 주앙
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write João as 주앙: two syllables, said ju-ang. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
João 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 앙 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.
- Two even beats, ju-ang: 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 주앙 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 주앙이 왔어 ("João's here").
Why it's spelled 주앙
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 조아오, but Korean media write 주앙, because the name is written the way it sounds in Portuguese, not the way it's spelled.
- Korean follows the Brazilian Portuguese sound: a final o sounds like 'u' and the nasal ão becomes 앙.
Type João on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 주앙 is the jamo ㅈㅜ ㅇㅏㅇ, typed with the keys wn dkd. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write João in Korean?
João is written 주앙 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: juang). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the Portuguese pronunciation. In Hangul it has two syllables: 주 + 앙.
How do you pronounce João in Korean?
Say it ju-ang, with even weight on every syllable. ㅇ at the bottom of 앙 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.