How to pronounce Haelim?

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Pronunciation of Haelim in Seoul, Korea

Haelim is pronounced as

h ae r-l ih m

h sounds like the 'h' in 'hat'
ae sounds like the 'a' in 'at'
ih sounds like the 'i' in 'it'
m sounds like the 'm' in 'me'


Haelim is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ h ae r-l ih m ]

h ae ih m
hat at it me

Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

Korean

Alternate Spelling(s):

Haerim, Heyrim, Heylim, Haereem, Herim

Meaning:

various

Additional Information:

There are two different variations of the name: 해림(Haerim or Haelim) and 혜림(Hyerim or Hyelim) but some Korean speakers are confused about English spelling rules and apply the wrong spellings to their names. They have clearly different pronunciations.
Also, ㄹ sound in Korean is nowhere close to r or l sound in English. It has a tongue touch the middle of the roof, not the frontal teeth like l does, and it doesn't get the tongue bent in the air like r does.


Comments:

Pronunciation of Haelim in Seoul, Korea

ha (as in happy) / r-l (similar to but less frontal
'l'augh) im (as in Tim) /


Type of Name:

First Name

Language:

Korean

Alternate Spelling(s):

Haerim, Heyrim, Heylim, Haereem, Herim

Meaning:

various

Additional Information:

There are two different variations of the name: 해림(Haerim or Haelim) and 혜림(Hyerim or Hyelim) but some Korean speakers are confused about English spelling rules and apply the wrong spellings to their names. They have clearly different pronunciations.
Also, ㄹ sound in Korean is nowhere close to r or l sound in English. It has a tongue touch the middle of the roof, not the frontal teeth like l does, and it doesn't get the tongue bent in the air like r does.


Comments: