How to write “Charles” in Korean

찰스 chal-seu Listen to 찰스, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 찰스야 chal-seu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 찰스 씨 chal-seu-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work

Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.

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Korean spellings of Charles

Well-known people named Charles, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):

• Charles Darwin — 찰스 다윈
• Charles Dickens — 찰스 디킨스
• Charles Babbage — 찰스 배비지
• Charles Bronson — 찰스 브론슨

821,302 babies were named Charles in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 32nd most common name.

Block by block

• 찰 = ㅊ + ㅏ + ㄹ · 8 strokes
  • ㅊ 치읓 (ch) · 3 strokes
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes

  Also in 찰: Charlie 찰리

• 스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
  • ㅅ 시옷 (s) · 2 strokes
  • ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke

  Also in 스: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스

찰스 takes 11 strokes in all.

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