Is it Lee Jun ki or Lee Joon ki?

I have seen it printed both ways by different websites/sources--which one is correct?

Lee Jun Ki or Lee Joon Ki? And is Lee his "last" (family) name?

Thanks,
Lisa

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:08 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I believe either Jun or Joon can be used. "ㅜ" is u or oo. I think this is just like the character Yoon from MISA. One subber romanized the name Yoon and another Yun. So either is used. I wonder if some teachers say to use one or the other in Korean Language classes. Any Korean Lang. students?

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 2:29 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'm guessing it's the way they romanize korean characters. "Jun" and "Joon" sound very much alike. I also had this problem with song hye "kyo" and song hye "gyo". I don't think both versions are correct.

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:24 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

They're the exact same sound, just different romanizations. However, almost everyone uses "Jun," so that's what I go with. I also think Song Hye Gyo and Song Hye Kyo are the same person, unless the "k" is actually "ㅋ" and not "ㄱ." ("ㄱ" is romanized as either "g" or "k," but I've only seen "ㅋ" romanized as "k") Some stars seem to have one spelling and one spelling only, while others have whatever romanization you want to use.

(Disclaimer: I don't actually know Korean, I've just picked up some Hangeul... Shhh!

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Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:10 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thanks, guys--I will go with Jun Ki, too! It sounds cuter, too--just like him thumright

I have never been to Dramawiki, but I saw it printed in newspaper reports as Joon Ki, and then later saw people referring to him as Jun Ki--so I was confused.

I just posted in the My Girl thread about my love of that series. I have some other questions there, if you feel like reading and answering. No pressure, though Smile

Take care,
Lisa

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:19 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

in theory Joon is probably more correct since joon = 준 and jun = 전 (like jun jin) but its phonetic spelling so theres not really a rule

Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:24 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

oh his official website its jun ki

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 4:56 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

oh.. whatever, however it is spelled.. i still love junki!

the truth is...
the "lee jun ki" is his screen name...
so that it's short...
while thr "lee joon ki"

is his "reaL" name.....

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:07 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

from Langintro korean language site "[The standard way of writing Korean using English letters, known as Romanization, uses the letter u to stand for this oo sound, and that's what we'll use from now on.] "

so depends if you use the official romanisation or not....but according to the official romanisation 기 would be gi not ki cos syllables are supposed to start with g if the letter is used...my god korean is complicated... therefore his name should be Li Jun Gi right...lol that looks bad.... I like Lee Jun Ki best, it looks nicest ^-^

Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i believe its "jun Ki" .. this guy so good-looking =P

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:07 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

"u" and "oo" are pronounced the same. It's up to you which one you prefer to use. As for me, I'd go for Lee Jun Ki. Looks better.

Btw, in Korea (Japan and China) the family name comes first. And you can't just call a person's first name and don't forget honorifics. ^_^

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

in english it's spelling should be Lee Jun Ki..but the correct way of pronouncing his name in korean is i-jun gi..hehe^^(the dash is for nothing btw..haha)

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

ㄱcan be pronounced as g,k,and also ng ㅋis only pronounced as k..btw, babytaraggon,why does your avatar cartoon look so sad saying annyeong ha sa yo?..haha