Sakura in Korean 사쿠라
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Sakura as 사쿠라: three syllables, said sa-ku-ra. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Sakura letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㄹ between two vowels (쿠라) is one quick tap of the tongue, like the tt in American "butter": closer to a soft d than an English r.
- Give all 3 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's sa-ku-ra, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 3 syllables 사쿠라 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 사쿠라 or 사쿠라 씨.
Why it's spelled 사쿠라
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 사쿠라, the same spelling Korean media use.
- Korean writes Japanese names with its own Japanese table: each Japanese syllable maps to one Hangul syllable and long vowels are not marked.
Type Sakura on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 사쿠라 is the jamo ㅅㅏ ㅋㅜ ㄹㅏ, typed with the keys tk zn fk. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Sakura in Korean?
Sakura is written 사쿠라 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: sakura). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the Japanese pronunciation. In Hangul it has three syllables: 사 + 쿠 + 라.
How do you pronounce Sakura in Korean?
Say it sa-ku-ra, with even weight on every syllable. ㄹ between two vowels (쿠라) is one quick tap of the tongue, like the tt in American "butter": closer to a soft d than an English r.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.