The word "Danhil" is spelled with the IPA phonetic transcription /dæn.hɪl/, with emphasis on the first syllable. The first sound /d/ is a voiced alveolar stop, followed by the short vowel /æ/ and the sound /n/ which is a voiced alveolar nasal. The second syllable starts with the sound /h/ which is an unvoiced glottal fricative, and ends with the short vowel /ɪ/ and the sound /l/ which is a voiced alveolar lateral approximant.