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How to pronounce Alien Stage names

Six characters, six audio clips, six mouth-shape guides. Tap a play button to hear the Korean pronunciation of Mizi, Sua, Till, Isaac, Hyuna and Luka — no signup, no video, no ads. Works on desktop, iOS and Android.

  • Character name

    Mizi

    미지 · Mi-ji

    Say it like
    MEE-jee
    Syllable breakdown
    “MEE” (like “me”) + “jee” (like the letter G, but softer).
    Common mistake
    Not “MY-zee”. The i is always a long ee, and the second consonant is a soft j, not a z.
    Note
    Korean ㅈ is closer to English j at the start of a syllable but noticeably softer — think “jeep” with less air.
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  • Character name

    Sua

    수아 · Su-a

    Say it like
    SOO-ah
    Syllable breakdown
    “SOO” (like “Sue”) + “ah” (open-mouth ah, like a doctor visit).
    Common mistake
    Two full syllables, not one. Not “Swa” or “Sway”. Give the “ah” its own beat.
    Note
    Both syllables carry roughly equal weight in casual speech; some fans emphasise SOO in fanfic dialogue.
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  • Character name

    Till

    틸 · Til

    Say it like
    TEEL
    Syllable breakdown
    Rhymes with English “feel”, not with English “till”.
    Common mistake
    The English word “till” has a short i (like “tin”). Till the character has a LONG ee — closer to “teal” without the a.
    Note
    The final ㄹ is closer to an English L than an R when at the end of a syllable. Do not add an extra vowel: it’s one crisp syllable.
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  • Character name

    Ivan

    이반 · I-ban

    Say it like
    EE-bahn
    Syllable breakdown
    “EE” (like the letter E) + “bahn” (like “barn” without the r).
    Common mistake
    Not the Russian “EYE-vun” or “ee-VAHN”. Korean 이반 has an even stress and a B, not a V — Korean has no V sound, so the ㅂ is a soft b.
    Note
    Both syllables are short and equal. The most common English error is stressing the second syllable; in Korean neither syllable is stressed the way English speakers expect.
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  • Character name

    Isaac

    이삭 · I-sak

    Say it like
    EE-sahk
    Syllable breakdown
    “EE” (like the letter E) + “sahk” (like “sock” but with an ah).
    Common mistake
    Not the biblical “EYE-zik”. In Korean it’s “EE-sahk” — first syllable is a long ee, second is a short, unaspirated k.
    Note
    The final ㄱ is unreleased — you don’t hear the k pop. Fanfic writers often spell his name “Isaac” in English out of convention, but the pronunciation stays Korean.
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  • Character name

    Hyuna

    현아 · Hyeon-a

    Say it like
    HYUH-nah
    Syllable breakdown
    “HYUH” (like the sound before you sigh) + “nah” (like the English “no” without the o).
    Common mistake
    Not “HY-oona” (three syllables). The first ㅕ is a single vowel closer to “uh” than to “oo”, so it’s HYUH-nah, two beats.
    Note
    The romanisation “Hyuna” (from the K-pop soloist) is more familiar to global audiences than the strict RR “Hyeon-a”, so we use it across the site.
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  • Character name

    Luka

    루카 · Lu-ka

    Say it like
    LOO-kah
    Syllable breakdown
    “LOO” (like “loop” without the p) + “kah” (like “car” without the r).
    Common mistake
    Not “LUKE-ah” (English name “Luke” + a) and not “LYOO-kah”. Two flat syllables, equal weight.
    Note
    The ka is slightly aspirated — you can feel a small puff of air. Do not swap it for a soft g.
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Audio uses your browser's built-in Korean speech synthesis. Quality varies by device — Chrome on desktop and iOS Safari give the best results. If no Korean voice is installed, the button falls back to an English approximation.

Why the pronunciations differ from English intuition

Alien Stage is a Korean web-animation and every character has a Korean name in Hangul. Fans across YouTube and TikTok have made dozens of pronunciation reels because English intuitions get several of the names wrong in ways that stick — most notably Till (rhymes with “feel”, not the English word “till”) and Isaac (Korean 이삭 “EE-sahk”, not the biblical “EYE-zik”).

The audio in this tool uses your browser's built-in Korean speech synthesis (SpeechSynthesis API with a ko-KR voice). Chrome on desktop and Safari on iOS have high-quality native Korean voices; on some Android devices the voice quality is lower, in which case the syllable breakdown text is the more reliable guide.

Frequently asked

How do you pronounce Mizi?

“MEE-jee”. Two syllables, both with a long ee sound. Not “MY-zee”. In Hangul: 미지.

How do you pronounce Sua?

“SOO-ah”. Two syllables of roughly equal weight, not one. Not “Swa”. In Hangul: 수아.

How do you pronounce Till in Alien Stage?

It rhymes with English “feel”, not with the English word “till”. Say “TEEL” with a soft L. In Hangul: 틸.

How do you pronounce Isaac in Alien Stage?

It’s the Korean 이삭 — “EE-sahk”, not the biblical “EYE-zik”. First syllable is a long ee, second syllable rhymes with “sock”.

How do you pronounce Hyuna?

Two syllables: “HYUH-nah”. Not three syllables and not “HY-oo-na”. The first vowel is a single sound closer to “uh”. In Hangul: 현아.

How do you pronounce Luka?

“LOO-kah”. Two flat syllables, equal weight, small puff of air on the k. Not “LUKE-ah”. In Hangul: 루카.

What is the short name for Alien Stage?

Fans usually shorten Alien Stage to “ALNST” (five letters, ignoring the vowels) in URLs, tags and hashtags. On Reddit the community is r/AlienStage. Zombie Stage is often shortened to “ZOMST”.

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