How to write “Richard” in Korean

리처드 ri-cheo-deu Listen to 리처드, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

Also written: 리차드

What Korean friends call you

• 리처드야 ri-cheo-deu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 리처드 씨 ri-cheo-deu-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 Richard

Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Richard Gere 리처드 (sometimes 리차드); Richard Branson 리처드 (sometimes 리차드); Richard Nixon 리처드.

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

• Richard Feynman — 리처드 파인만
• Richard Dawkins — 리처드 도킨스
• Richard Burton — 리처드 버턴

915,939 babies were named Richard in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 23rd most common name.

Block by block

• 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke

  Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄

• 처 = ㅊ + ㅓ · 5 strokes
  • ㅊ 치읓 (ch) · 3 strokes
  • ㅓ 어 (eo) · 2 strokes
• 드 = ㄷ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
  • ㄷ 디귿 (d / t) · 2 strokes
  • ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke

  Also in 드: Andrew 앤드루 · David 데이비드 · Sydney 시드니

리처드 takes 12 strokes in all.

More names: Hayden 헤이든 · Brayden 브레이든 · Peyton 페이튼 · Cole 콜 · Rebecca 레베카

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