ENHYPEN: CHEMISTRY

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BETWEEN 2 MEMBERS

HEESEUNG - JAY

8yearz

kor: 8년즈

• Heeseung and Jay celebrated each others’ birthdays for 8 years; having been friends as trainees for four years before debut.

HEESEUNG - JAKE

ramyeonz

kor: 라면즈

• Jake coined the chemistry name in a V Live stream in 2021, saying that the two always cooks ramyeon and eats it together at night.
  • In Korea, instant ramyeon is a popular nighttime snack.

HEESEUNG - SUNGHOON

mildangz

kor: 밀당즈

• Heeseung and Sunghoon uploaded a selfie with Heeseung in orange and Sunghoon in white, with a caption that said “carrot and milk, #milk_carrot.”
  • In Korean, carrots are “dangeun,” and “mildang” is short for “milk and dangeun (carrots).”
  • Mildang also means “pushing and pulling” in Korean, or mind games between romantic interests.

HEESEUNG - SUNOO

spicyz

kor: 맵즈

• Heeseung and Sunoo are the two members of ENHYPEN that love and enjoy spicy food the most.

HEESEUNG - JUNGWON

twinz

kor: 쌍둥이즈

• On the pre-debut survival audition program I-LAND, when asked “Which trainee do you want as your brother?” Jungwon answered, “I want Heeseung to be my twin brother.”

HEESEUNG - NI-KI

matmakz

(kor: 맏막즈)

• Heesung is the maji (oldest member) of ENHYPEN, and Ni-ki is the maknae (youngest member) of ENHYPEN.
  • Maji + Maknae = matmakz

JAY - JAKE

twoj

kor: 투제이

• Both Jay and Jake have a “J” in their names.

JAY - SUNGHOON

black & white

kor: 흑백즈

• The unofficial reprentative colors for Jay and Sunghoon are black and white, respectively. The chemistry name was coined on an episode of THE JAY-FASHION.
  • According to Jay, the two were also called “oreoz” during their time as trainees because their visual images were so different.

JAY - SUNOO

foxez

kor: 여우즈

• Sunoo coined the chemistry name at a fansign, as both Jay and Sunoo have “fox-type” faces.

JAY - JUNGWON

meowz

kor: 야옹즈

• Jay and Jungwon are both said to have “cat-type” faces, and are called “meowz” or “nyaongz” (”nyaong” means meow in Korean).

JAY - NI-KI

brotherz

kor: 형제즈

• Jay and Ni-ki were radio DJ’s together on EBS FM’s Listen. The two are said to have brother-like chemistry though they are not actually related.
  • The two settled on “brotherz” during one episode of Listen after a listener suggested that they should name their chemistry.

JAKE - SUNGHOON

daengdaengz

kor: 댕댕즈 / 댕이즈

• Sunghoon coined the chemistry name in a fansign, as Jake and Sunghoon are both said to have “puppy-type” faces.
  • In Korean, “daengdaeng” is a slang for “puppy.”

JAKE - SUNOO

suncreamz

kor: 선크림즈

• The chemistry name takes “sun” from Sunoo and “ke”/”ce” from Jake.

JAKE - JUNGWON

daengnyangz

kor: 댕냥즈

• In the fandom, Jungwon is said to resemble a cat and Jake is said to resemble a puppy (a golden retriever).
  • “Daeng” is short for “daengdaeng,” or “puppy” in Korean, while “nyang” is “meow” in Korean and means cat.
  • Their selfies are often uploaded on the official ENHYPEN social media with the #daengnyang (#댕냥)hashtag.

JAKE - NI-KI

ballplayerz

kor: 공놀이즈

• Jake and Ni-ki often enjoy playing ball sports together in their free time.

jakiz

kor: 제이키즈

• Pronounced “jay-kiz,” the chemistry name takes “ja” (jay) from Jake and “ki” from Ni-ki.

SUNGHOON - SUNOO

koongyaz

kor: 쿵야즈

• Sunghoon and Sunoo are each said to resemble characters from the popular Korean character IP franchise, Koongya Koongya.
  • Sunghoon is said to resemble the Rice Ball Koongya, and Sunoo is said to resemble the Onion Koongya.

SUNGHOON - JUNGWON

taereungz

kor: 태릉즈

• Jungwon coined the chemistry name at a fanmeet, as both Sunghoon and Jungwon played sports when they were young.
  • Jungwon did taekwondo while Sunghoon was a figure skater champion.
  • Taereung is where the Taereung National Training Center (a training center for training national atheletes) is located.

SUNGHOON - NI-KI

destinyz

kor: 운명즈

• Sunghoon and Ni-ki’s birthdays are only a day apart, like “destiny.”

baekguz

kor: 백구즈

• Sunghoon and Ni-ki are both said to resemble the baekgu, or the White Jindo puppy.

SUNOO - JUNGWON

focatz / pocketz

kor: 포켓즈

• The chemistry name is a play on the English word “pockets” and the two animal face types representative of each member.
  • Sunoo is said to have a fox-type face, and Jungwon is said to have a cat-type face. “Focat” is a combination of “fox” and “cat.”
  • “Focat” and “pocket” are pronounced the same in Korean.

SUNOO - NI-KI

sunkist

kor: 선키스트

• The chemistry name takes “sun” from Sunoo and “ki” from Ni-ki, and is a play on words with the well-known soft drinks brand, Sunkist.

JUNGWON - NI-KI

maknaez

kor: 막내즈

• Jungwon and Ni-ki are the two youngest members of ENHYPEN, and are thus called the maknaez (”maknae” means youngest member).

wonki

kor: 원키

• Jungwon and Ni-ki appeared together on the MIX & MAX series from Studio Choom and coined the chemistry name.
  • The chemistry name takes “won” from Jungwon and “ki” from Ni-ki.

leamakz

kor: 리막즈

• Jungwon is the leader of ENHYPEN, and Ni-ki is the maknae of ENHYPEN.

BETWEEN 3 MEMBERS

noraebangz

kor: 노래방즈
HEESEUNG - JAY - JAKE

• Heeseung, Jay, and Jake are called the noraebangz for their love of noraebangs (Korean “singing rooms,” similar to the Japanese karaoke).

up and downz

kor: 위아래즈
HEESEUNG - JAY - NI-KI

• Heeseung, Jay, and Ni-ki are each the oldest, second-oldest, and the youngest of the team.
  • In Korean, “up and down” could also be used as an expression to refer to the general social hierarchy, often determined by age.
  • The ASMR videos featuring the three members and uploaded on the official ENHYPEN Youtube channel were called “Up and Downz’ ASMR.”

explorerz

kor: 탐험즈
HEESEUNG - JAKE - NI-KI

• On episode 4 of *ENHYPEN&Hi, *the three members had finished filming early and were taking a walkaround the filming spot. The subtitles called them the “explorerz.”

fishingz

kor: 낚시즈
HEESEUNG - JAKE - NI-KI

• The three had also filmed a vlog where they went fishing together.

outingz

kor: 외출즈
HEESEUNG - SUNGHOON - JUNGWON

• The three members each ranked from number 1 to 3 on I-LAND (”PART 2. BTS Test”).
  • The prize for their high rankings was to go on an outing and take a mini-break from the survival audition show.

02z

kor: 02즈
JAY - JAKE - SUNGHOON

• Jay, Jake, and Sunghoon are the three members that were born in the year 2002.

parkparkshim

kor: 박박심
JAY - JAKE - SUNGHOON

• The chemistry name combines the three surnames of Jay, Jake, and Sunghoon’s given names.
  • Jay (Park Jongseong) - Sunghoon (Park Sunghoon) - Jake (Shim Jaeyun).

triple J

kor: 트리플제이
JAY - JAKE - JUNGWON

• The trio all have J’s in their names.

200millionz

kor: 이억즈
JAY - SUNGHOON - JUNGWON

• On the finalist announcements, listing the 9 finalists who would go to perform at the final live broadcast of I-LAND, Jungwon’s name was called the last (9th place).
  • After his name was called, Sunghoon and Jay said that if Jungwon’s name had not been called, they would have been outraged enough to smash the big rotating egg on the show which approximately cost about 200 million KRW.

traffic lightz

kor: 신호등즈
JAY - SUNOO - JUNGWON

• In 2022, the three members each had red (Jungwon), yellow (Sunoo), and blue (Jay) hair for D’FESTA, making the three of them look like traffic lights.

hanlimz

kor: 한림즈
JAY - SUNOO - JUNGWON

• The three members had attended Hanlim Arts High School together.

denimz

kor: 데님즈
JAY - SUNOO - JUNGWON

• In an episode of EN-loG where the three were settling on a team name, the three were all wearing denim tops.

STJs

kor: STJ즈
JAKE - SUNGHOON - JUNGWON

• The three members share “STJ” in their MBTI types.
  • Jake switches between an ESTJ and an ISTJ, while Sunghoon and Jungwon are both ISTJs.

10yearz

kor: 10년즈
JAKE - SUNGHOON - NI-KI

• Jake coined the chemistry name in 2021 in a V Live stream, as the three members had each worked on something for “over 10 years.”
  • Jake had spoken English, Sunghoon had been a figure skater, and Ni-ki had been dancing for over 10 years.

butlerz

kor: 집사즈
JAKE - SUNGHOON - NI-KI

• Jake, Sunghoon, and Ni-ki all have dogs. In Korea, “butler” is a slang for devoted/loving pet owners.

dongsaeng line

kor: 동생라인
SUNOO - JUNGWON - NI-KI

• The three of them are the youngest members in ENHYPEN, and are thus called the dongsaeng (younger brother/sibling) line of ENHYPEN.

ggomaengz

kor: 꼬맹즈
SUNOO - JUNGWON - NI-KI

• “Ggomaeng” is Korean slang for “little kid” or “child,” implying that the three members are the younger members of the group.

BETWEEN 4 MEMBERS

hyung line

kor: 형라인
HEESEUNG - JAY - JAKE - SUNGHOON

• The four members are the older members of ENHYPEN, born in 2001 and 2002.

bighitz

kor: 빅힛즈
HEESEUNG - JAY - SUNGHOON - JUNGWON

• The four members have been trainees of Bighit Entertainment before participating in I-LAND.

yangshimheepark

kor: 양심희박
HEESEUNG - JAKE - SUNGHOON - JUNGWON

• The chemistry name is a combination of the four members’ given names: Yang Jungwon, Shim Jaeyoon (Jake), Lee Heeseung, Park Sunghoon.
  • “Yangshimheepark” also means “short on conscience” or “has no shame” in Korean.

ssogariz

kor: 쏘가리즈
HEESEUNG - JAKE - SUNGHOON - NI-KI

• The four members went fishing together in ENHYPEN’s self-produced variety series, SO SO FUN.
• In an episode of EN-loG where the four were settling on a team name, they settled on the name of a fish (ssogari/leopard mandarin fish).

middlez

kor: 중간즈
JAKE - SUNGHOON - SUNOO - JUNGWON

• The four members are the “middle children” of ENHYPEN, born in 2002 (Jake, Sunghoon), 2003 (Sunoo) and 2004 (Jungwon).