정국
Jungkook · official romanization Jeongguk
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Red first consonantBlue vowelBlack final consonant (batchim)
Block 1: 정 [jeong]
3 letters
First consonant
지읒 jieut
[j]soft j, no puff of air
Vowel
[eo]an open “uh” as in “cup”
Final (batchim)
이응 ieung
[ng]ng as in “sing”
Built block · vowel on the right, final at the bottom
ㅈ + ㅓ + ㅇ =
정
Block 2: 국 [guk]
3 letters
First consonant
기역 giyeok
[g]soft g
Vowel
[u]u as in “moon”
Final (batchim)
기역 giyeok
[k]short k, the tongue stops without a puff
Built block · vowel underneath, final at the bottom
ㄱ + ㅜ + ㄱ =
국
All blocks together
정 + 국 =
정국
Spelling vs. sound
The official romanization is Jeongguk. The spelling Jungkook writes ㅓ (eo) as “u” and ㅜ (u) as “oo”, so the two vowels look alike in English even though they are different letters in Korean.
Say it jeong-guk: ㅓ is an open “uh”, the final ㅇ is the “ng” in “sing”, the second ㄱ is a soft g right after that ng, and the last ㄱ is a short k where the tongue stops without a puff of air.
His full name is 전정국 (Jeon Jungkook). 전 is the family name, written ㅈ+ㅓ+ㄴ.
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