Why is lee min ho spelled 이 민 호?

correct pronunciation korean name 이 "e". not "yi", "lee" or "rhee", "e".

name used spelled 리 , pronounced "ri", changed 이. (you can still find 리 name spelling in north korea), actually, words in korean began ㄹ (r) changed ㅇ (silent) or ㄴ (n). if in korean dictionary, you'll find of words beginning ㄹ korean spellings of foreign words.

right in there no letter combination "yi", that's because sound combination not occur in korean. koreans have no way write sound combinations yi or "woo" sound in "wood". instead, tend "ear" , "ood" when speaking english. koreans can learn right way words, of course, these words impossible , write using korean sound system.

how 이 became yi (if you're interested).

if met named bobby e, wonder e stood for. there 4 korean names single vowel sounds: 이 (e), 오 (o), 우 (oo, in "food") , 어 (u, in "cut"). in spelling names in english, people added letters spelling names didn't abbreviations. that's how 이, 오, 우, , 어 became yi, oh, woo , uh.

i thought it's suppose 리 not 이
same yi san, know korean doesn't have letter yi how know when it's lee or yi or ''ee''?

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