Mark in Korean 마크
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Mark as 마크: two syllables, said ma-keu. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Mark letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
크 carries the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep it short and light, almost just the consonant.
- Two even beats, ma-keu: 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 마크 already sounds natural to Korean ears. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 마크 or 마크 씨.
Why it's spelled 마크
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 마크, the same spelling Korean media use.
- An r after a vowel (before a consonant or at the end) isn't written. Korean spelling follows British-style pronunciation, where that r is silent.
- Korean adds the vowel ㅡ to consonants that have no vowel of their own (크), which is why Mark has 2 syllables in Korean.
Type Mark on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 마크 is the jamo ㅁㅏ ㅋㅡ, typed with the keys ak zm. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Mark in Korean?
Mark is written 마크 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: makeu). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 마 + 크.
How do you pronounce Mark in Korean?
Say it ma-keu, with even weight on every syllable. 크 carries the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep it short and light, almost just the consonant.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.