Juan in Korean 후안
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Juan as 후안: two syllables, said hu-an. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Juan letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅇ at the top of 안 is silent, so 안 is just the vowel: an.
- Two even beats, hu-an: 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 후안 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 후안이 왔어 ("Juan's here").
Why it's spelled 후안
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 저앤, but Korean media write 후안, 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 Juan on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 후안 is the jamo ㅎㅜ ㅇㅏㄴ, typed with the keys gn dks. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Juan in Korean?
Juan is written 후안 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: huan). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the Spanish pronunciation. In Hangul it has two syllables: 후 + 안.
How do you pronounce Juan in Korean?
Say it hu-an, with even weight on every syllable. ㅇ at the top of 안 is silent, so 안 is just the vowel: an.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.