Korean Romanization Converter (Names · Addresses · Words)
Turn Hangul into English letters following the official Revised Romanization of Korean. Names also show the surname spellings commonly used on passports, and addresses are rearranged into English address order.
About Revised Romanization
The Revised Romanization of Korean is South Korea’s official system since 2000, used on road signs, maps and government documents. It writes words the way they sound, so sound changes between syllables are applied: 신라 is Silla, not Sinra, and 종로 is Jongno. It uses no apostrophes or breve marks (unlike the older McCune–Reischauer system).
Names
Personal names are usually romanized syllable by syllable, without sound changes, and the given name is written as one word or with a hyphen (Gildong or Gil-dong). Many surnames have long-established spellings that differ from the official system — 김 Kim, 이 Lee, 박 Park, 최 Choi, 정 Jung — and those are what most people use on passports. If someone already has a passport, always use the spelling printed there.
Addresses
English addresses in Korea start with the smallest unit: building number and road name, then district (-gu), city, and postal code. For a road-name address like 세종대로 209 the result is "209 Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul". This order is what Korea Post and international shipping forms expect.
FAQ
Why are some results slightly different from what I expected?
A few words involve sound changes that can’t be detected from spelling alone (for example an inserted ㄴ sound in compound words). The tool follows the standard rules and covers the vast majority of cases.