Joaquín in Korean 호아킨
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Joaquín as 호아킨: three syllables, said ho-a-kin. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Joaquín letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅗ is a pure "o" with rounded lips. Don't add the w-glide English puts in "go".
- ㅇ at the top of 아 is silent, so 아 is just the vowel: a.
- Give all 3 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's ho-a-kin, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 3 syllables 호아킨 reads as a foreign name at a glance. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 호아킨이 왔어 ("Joaquín's here").
Why it's spelled 호아킨
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 조아퀸, but Korean media write 호아킨, because the name is written the way it sounds in Spanish, not the way it's spelled.
- Korean writes Spanish names by their Spanish sound: vowels are read as written and j is an h sound (ㅎ).
Type Joaquín on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 호아킨 is the jamo ㅎㅗ ㅇㅏ ㅋㅣㄴ, typed with the keys gh dk zls. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Joaquín in Korean?
Joaquín is written 호아킨 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: hoakin). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the Spanish pronunciation. In Hangul it has three syllables: 호 + 아 + 킨.
How do you pronounce Joaquín in Korean?
Say it ho-a-kin, with even weight on every syllable. ㅗ is a pure "o" with rounded lips. Don't add the w-glide English puts in "go".
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.