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Korean has two sets of numbers, namely native Korean numbers and Sino-Korean numbers (which are borrowed from Chinese). Both come in handy, but in a pinch, the Sino-Korean series is more important to learn. | |
Sino-Korean numbers are used for amounts of currency, telephone numbers, the 24-hour clock and counting minutes. | |
0 | 공 (gong) / 영 (yeong) |
1 | 일 (il) |
2 | 이 (i) |
3 | 삼 (sam) |
4 | 사 (sa) |
5 | 오 (o) |
6 | 육 (yuk) |
7 | 칠 (chil) |
8 | 팔 (pal) |
9 | 구 (gu) |
10 | 십 (sip) |
11 | 십일 (sibil) |
12 | 십이 (sibi) |
13 | 십삼 (sipsam) |
14 | 십사 (sipsa) |
15 | 십오 (sibo) |
16 | 십육 (simyuk) |
17 | 십칠 (sipchil) |
18 | 십팔 (sippal) |
19 | 십구 (sipgu) |
20 | 이십 (isip) |
21 | 이십일 (isibil) |
22 | 이십이 (isibi) |
23 | 이십삼 (isipsam) |
30 | 삼십 (samsip) |
40 | 사십 (sasip) |
50 | 오십 (osip) |
60 | 육십 (yuksip) |
70 | 칠십 (chilsip) |
80 | 팔십 (palsip) |
90 | 구십 (gusip) |
100 | 백 (baek) |
200 | 이백 (ibaek) |
300 | 삼백 (sambaek) |
1,000 | 천 (cheon) |
2,000 | 이천 (icheon) |
10,000 | 만 (man) |
100,000 | 십만 (simman) |
1,000,000 (one million) | 백만 (baengman) |
10,000,000 | 천만 (cheonman) |
100,000,000 | 억 (eok) |
1,000,000,000 (one billion) | 십억 (sibeok) |
10,000,000,000 | 백억 (baegeok) |
100,000,000,000 | 천억 (cheoneok) |
1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) | 조 (jo) |
10,000,000,000,000 | 십조 (sipjo) |
100,000,000,000,000 | 백조 (baekjo) |
1,000,000,000,000,000 | 천조 (chunjo) |
10,000,000,000,000,000 | 경 (gyeong) |
number _____ (train, bus, etc.) | _____ 번 (열차, 버스, etc.) (beon (yeolcha, beoseu, etc.)) |
half | 반 (ban) |
less | 덜 (deol) |
more | 더 (deo) |
Native Korean numbers | Native Korean numbers are used for hours and with counting words. |
When counting objects, Korean uses special counter words. For example, "two beers" is maekju dubyeong (맥주 2병), where du is "two" and -byeong means "bottles". There are many counters, but the most useful ones are myeong (명) for people, jang (장) for papers including tickets, and gae (개) for pretty much anything else (which is not always strictly correct, but will usually be understood and is growing in colloquial usage). | |
objects (apples, sweets) | 개 -gae |
people | 명 -myeong, 분 -bun (polite) |
flat paper-like objects (papers, tickets, pages) | 장 -jang |
bottles (or other glass or ceramic containers for liquid with a narrow mouth) | 병 -byeong |
cups, glasses | 잔 -jan |
animals | 마리 -mari |
times | 번 -beon |
machines (cars, computers) | 대 -dae |
long objects (pens, rifles) | 자루 -jaru |
small boxes | 갑 -gap |
books | 권 -gwon |
large boxes | 상자 -sangja |
trees | 그루 -geuru |
letters, telegrams, phone calls, e-mails | 통 -tong |
boats | 척 -cheok |
bunches of things such as flowers | 송이 -song-i |
Note that when combined with a counting word, the last letter of numbers 1 through 4 as well as 20 is dropped: one person is hanmyeong (hana+myeong), two tickets is dujang (dul+jang), three things is segae (set+gae), four things is negae (net+gae), twenty things is seumugae (seumul+gae). | |
Native Korean numbers | |
1 | 하나 (hana) |
2 | 둘 (dul) |
3 | 셋 (set) |
4 | 넷 (net) |
5 | 다섯 (daseot) |
6 | 여섯 (yeoseot) |
7 | 일곱 (ilgop) |
8 | 여덟 (yeodeol) |
9 | 아홉 (ahop) |
10 | 열 (yeol) |
11 | 열하나 (yeolhana) |
20 | 스물 (seumul) |
30 | 서른 (seoreun) |
40 | 마흔 (maheun) |
50 | 쉰 (swin) |
60 | 예순 (yesun) |
70 | 일흔 (ilheun) |
80 | 여든 (yeodeun) |
90 | 아흔 (aheun) |
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