The Native Korean Numbering System
This is used for general counting, like counting people, hours, ages and things.
[ 0 = 영 young ]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
하나 | 둘 | 셋 | 넷 | 다섯 |
hana | dul | set | net | da-seot |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
여섯 | 일곱 | 여덟 | 아홉 | 열 |
yeo-seot | il-gop | yeo-deol | a-hop | yeol |
Now, you can join them to say 11, 12, 13 until 19.
Ex) 11 = 10 (열) + 1(하나) = 열하나
12 = 10 (열) + 2(둘)= 열둘
18 = 10 (열) + 8(여덟)= 열여덟
19 = 10 (열) + 9 (아홉) = 열아홉
It is the same with 20, 30 upto 99.
Ex) 24 = 20 (스물) + 4 (넷) = 스물넷
35 = 30 (서른) + 5 (다섯) = 서른 다섯
99 = 90 (아흔) + 9 (아홉) = 아흔 아홉
20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 |
스물 | 서른 | 마흔 | 쉰 | 예순 |
seu-mool | seo-reun | ma-heun | swin | ye-soon |
60 | 70 | 80 | 90 |
예순 | 일흔 | 여든 | 아흔 |
ye-sun | il-heun | yeo-deun | a-heun |
The Sino-Korean Numbering System
The Sino-Korean numbering system is a set of numbers in Korean that originated from Chinese characters. These numbers are commonly used for dates, money, phone numbers, and addresses.
[ 0 = 공 gong or 영 young]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
일 | 이 | 삼 | 사 | 오 |
il | ee | sam | sa | o |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
육 | 칠 | 팔 | 구 | 십 |
yook | chil | pal | gu | sip |
Again, you simply join the numbers to say 11, 12, 13 up to 99.
Ex) 13 = 10 (십) + 3 (삼) = 십삼
16 = 10 (십) + 6 (육) = 십육
20 = 2 (이) + 10 (십) = 이십
22 = 20 (이십) + 2 (이) = 이십이
58 = 50 (오십) + 8 (팔) = 오십팔
94 = 90 (구십) + 4 (사) = 구십사
Korean currency is won. (At the moment, 1 USD is about 1300 won = 천삼백원). You will need to know these numbers in order to say prices in Korean.
100 | 백 | baek |
1000 | 천 | cheon |
10,000 | 만 | man |
100,000 | 십만 | sip-man |
1,000,000 | 백만 | baek-man |
ten-million | 천만 | cheon-man |
hundred-million | 억 | eok |
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