How to master Korean numbers? Top 10 ways to learn numbers in Korean

Korean numbers

 Korean numbers are counted in 2 different systems. The number in Korean is known as 숫자 – Sutja and numeral is 수사 in Korean. First of all, let’s learn some Korean number related names or terms that are used for the calculation of numbers.

• Division is 나누기 in Korean
• Multiplication is 곱하기 in Korean
• Subtraction is 빼기 in Korean
• Plus is 더하기 in Korean

   The first thing we need to know about Korean Number is that there is two numbering system in Korean. These two systems of numbering are the Sino-Korean number (SKN) and Native Korean number(NKN).

Korean cardinal numbers

Cardinal numbers indicate the number and amount and ordinal number indicate the order. Both cardinal and ordinal numbers use native origin and Chinese origin numbers.

Cardinal numeral (양수사) is used for for indicating the number or amount of person or things. Cardinal numbers use both korean origin numerals and Chinese origin numeral.

Korean origin cardinal number		Chinese origin cardinal number
하나	1	일
둘	2	이
셋	3	삼
넷	4	사
다섯	5	오
여섯	6	육
일곱	7	칠
여덟	8	팔
아홉	9	구
열	10	십

From 11 to 19, numbers in the table above are attached at the end of 열 or 십 like 열하나, 열둘, 열셋, 열넷, 열다섯, 열여섯, 열일곱, 열여덟,열아홉 ; 십일, 십이, 십삼, 십사, 십오, 십육, 십칠, 십팔, 십구’. For numerals of ten units, Korean origin has a separate name, and
‘십’ is added from ‘일(1) to ‘구(9)’, for Chinese origin. There are up to 99, 아흔아홉’ of Korean origin cardinal numeral in contemporary Korean, and the above are only Chinese origin cardinal numerals.

Korean origin cardinal numeral		Chinese origin cardinal numeral
열	10	일십 or 십
스물	20	이십
서른	30	삼십
마흔	40	사십
쉰	50	오십
예순	60	육십
일흔	70	칠십
여든	80	팔십
아흔	90	구십
	100	백 or 일 백

Just like ten units, units, such as hundred, thousand, ten thousand, and hundred thousand, etc. are attached from ‘일(1)’ to ‘구(9)’ in ‘백, 천, 만, 억, etc.’ units as well.

hundred(100) units: 일백(100), 삼백(300), 구백(900)

thousand(1,000) units: 일천(1,000), 삼천(3,000), 구천(9,000)

ten thousand(10,000) units: 일만(10,000), 삼만(30,000), 구만(90,000);
십만(100,000), 삼십만(300,000), 구십만(900,000) ; 일백만(1,000,000), 삼백만(3,000,000), 구백만(9,000,000)

hundred thousand(100,000,000) units: 일억(100,000,000), 삼억(300,000,000)
구억(900,000,000) ; 십억(1,000,000,000), 삼십억(3,000,000,000), 구십 억(9,000,000,000) ; 백억(10,000,000,000),

삼백 (30,000,000,000), 구 백억(90,000,000,000) ; 천억(100,000,000,000), 삼천억(300,000,000,000),
구천억(900,000,000,000)

Korean Ordinal numeral

Ordinal numeral(서수사) is used for indicating the order or class of
person, things or works. For ordinal numeral, there are also Korean origin
ordinal numeral and Chinese origin ordinal numeral.

Korean origin ordinal numeral		Chinese origin ordinal numeral
첫째	1/first	제일
둘째	2/second	제이
셋째	3/third	제삼
넷째	4/fourth	제사
다섯째	5/fifth	제오
여섯째	6/sixth	제육
일곱째	7/seventh	제칠
여덟째	8/eighth	제팔
아홉째	9/ninth	제구
열째	10/tenth	제십

열하나째(11), 열둘째(12), 스물째(20), etc.’ are changed a little bit into ‘열한째, 열두째, 스무째.

Zero in korean

Zero is pronounced as 영 or 공 and it doesn’t have Korean origin name. Both 영 or 공 are Chinese origin names.

Counting days in Korean

Korean origin cardinal numeral		Chinese origin cardinal numeral
하루	1	일일
이틀	2	이일
사흘	3	삼일
나흘	4	사일
닷새	5	오일
엿새	6	육일
이레	7	칠일
여드레	8	팔일
아흐레	9	구일
열흘	10	십일
보름	15	십오일

Particular nouns are used for counting days. For it, there are korean origin and chinese origin.

Counter Korean

• 월 month – 삼 개월 3 months
• 달 month – 세달 3 month
• Books – 권 (gwon) 세 권, 네 권
• Bottles – 병 (byung) 다섯 병, 여섯 병
• Age – 살 (sal) 일곱 살, 여덟 살
• 켤레 (kyullae)Shoes & socks – 일곱 켤레, 여덟 켤레
• 가지(kaji) kinds, varieties, sorts – 몇 가지 Few types/ kinds
• 갑 (kap) pack (cigarettes), box
• 개 Ge (General physical items/ anything)
• 건 (geon) agenda items, assembly bills
• 곡 (gok) songs, music pieces
• 과 (gwa) lessons, chapters
• 군데 (gunde) places, institutions
• 권 (gwon) 책 (Chhek) – books
• 그루 (guru) 나무 (tress), rice plants, shrubs
• 그릇/공기/접시 food (vessel, bowl, dish)
• 끼/끼니 meal
• 년 (Nyeon) years
• 다발 (Dabal) bunch of flowers
• 단 (dan) bunches/ bundles (radishes, scallions, wood, fruit)
• 대 (De) 자동차 (cars), injections, vehicles, cars, aeroplanes and other machinery
• 대, 개비 tiny slender objects like cigarettes, matches etc
• 도 (do) degrees (temperature)
• 마디 (Madi) phrases, joints, and musical measures
• 마리 (mari) 세 마리, 네 마리 animals
• 매 (Me) sheets of paper (formal/written form)
• 명 (myeong) People in general (informal) 한 명, 두 명
• 모 (Mo) tofu, i.e. block, square, piece, cake
• 모금 (Mogum) a sip, a puff (water, cigarette)
• 문 (Mun) artillery piece
• 벌 (Beol) items of clothing, sets (chopsticks, dishes, documents, clothes, furniture, tools, cards)
• 병(pyeong) bottles of liquid 소주, 맥주
• 봉지 (bongji) paper bags
• 부 (Bu) newspaper, printed copies of thesis or report, volume (of a book and magazine)
• 분 (boon) (Respect/ formal word for people) 한분 one person, 두분 Two person, minute 일분 One minute,이분 Two minute 분 servings of food
• 불, 전 dollars, cents
• 사람 people (informal)
• 상자 (sangja) box, chest
• 손 (swon) two fish (like mackerels)
• 송이 (Songi) 꽃, 바나나, 포도 (bunch) picked flowers, bunches of grapes, bunches of bananas
• 숟갈, 젓갈 a bite, a spoonful (of rice)
• 시 (si) hour (o’clock)
• 시간 (sigan) hour (duration)
• 쌍 (sang) a couple, a pair (animate things)
• 알 (Aal) eggs, pills, potatoes, candy
• 자루 (Jaru) things with long handles like shovels, swords, rifles, knives and pistol.
• 잔 (Jan) 커피, 차 (drinks) 다섯 잔, 여섯 잔 6 cups/ glass
• 장 (Jang) paper, sheets, leaf (flat objects such stamps, paper, tickets, etc.)
• 점 (Jeom) pieces of art
• 접 (Jeop) one hundred dried persimmons
• 접시 (Jeopsi) main dish
• 줄(chul) ten eggs
• 짝 (chaak) one of a pair (a single shoe, a lonely chopstick)
• 쪽 (chuk) small slice (apple, garlic)
• 채 (chhe) house/buildings
• 척 (chheok) boats and ships
• 첩 (chheop) pack of herbal medicine
• 초 (chho) second
• 층 (chhung) floors (layers)
• 컬레 (khalle) pair (gloves, socks, shoes)구두, 신발 (a pair of shoes)
• 코 (kho) twenty octopuses
• 타스 (Thasu) dozens of pencils
• 통 (Thong) letters, telegrams, e-mail, rolls of film, buckets of water, watermelons
• 판 (Phan) 양피자 (a whole pizza), thirty eggs/ 달걀 30개
• 편 (phyan)movies, poems, musicals
• 포기 (phogi) Chinese cabbages, 포기김치
• 푼 (phun) pennies, percentage, percent
• 필 (phil) one animal (head of cow, horse, etc), a roll of cloth
• 해 (he) years – 올해 this year
• 회 (hwe) exercise, writings, repetitions, innings, rounds – (야구) inning.

Counting Korean

This video has content about Korean counting to 10.

How to write numbers in Korean?

We can write Korean numbers in two systems they are sino-Korean number system and native Korean number system. The pronunciations and usage of both systems are completely different. The symbol of the Korean number and English number is the same but when you write or speak the Korean language has 2 way of the counting system. Let’s learn them one by one. Sino-Korean numbers system is based on Chinese characters. In this lesson, we will learn Korean counting to 10.

sino-korean numbers

there are 2 kinds/ sets of number in korean society. One is sino korean numbers and another is pure korean numbers. Those numbers which are borrowed/ lended from chinese numbers are called sino korean numbers. Sino korean number is accepted by korean people like their own number.

Sino Korean numbers 1-10

0	영/공	YUNG / GONG
1	일	IL
2	이	EE
3	삼	SAM
4	사	SA
5	오	WO
6	육	YUK
7	칠	CHHIL
8	팔	FAL
9	구	GU
10	십	SIP/ SIB

Remember that sip is pronounced as “ship”. After 10 it is easy to count numbers. Take 1 from ‘sib'(10) + Sino Korean number (0 to 9)

Korean numbers 1-10

Now let’s continue from 11

11	십일	SIB IL
12	십이	SIB EE
13	십삼	SIB SAM
14	십사	SIB SA
15	십오	SIB WO
16	십육	SIB YUK
17	십칠	SIB CHHIL
18	십팔	SIB FAL
19	십구	SIB GU
20	이십	EE SIB

20 has two sets of Ten so it is written as ( 2+10 = 20 ) 이+ 십 = 이십. Similarly, 21 has two sets of ten and 1 so it is written as (2+10+1) 이 +십 +일 = 이십일

21	이십일	ISIB IL
22	이십이	ISIB EE
23	이십삼	ISIB SAM
24	이십사	ISIB SA
25	이십오	ISIB WO
26	이십육	ISIB YUK
27	이십칠	ISIB CHHIL
28	이십팔	ISIB FAL
29	이십구	ISIB GU
30	삼십	SAM SIB

30 has 3 sets of 10 so it is written/pronounced as 삼 – 십(sam sib). Similarly, 31 has three sets of ten and 1 so it is written as (3+10+1) 삼 +십 +일 = 삼십일

31	삼십일	SAM SIB IL
32	삼십이	SAM SIB EE
33	삼십삼	SAM SIB SAM
34	삼십사	SAM SIB SA
35	삼십오	SAM SIB WO
36	삼십육	SAM SIB YUK
37	삼십칠	SAM SIB CHHIL
38	삼십팔	SAM SIB FAL
39	삼십구	SAM SIB GU
40	사십	SA SIB

Up to 99, the same rule applies. Just take first number from 30,40,50,60,70,80,90 and add any Sino- Korean number from 1 – 9 ( 일 -구 ).

41	사 십일	SA SIB IL
42	사 십이	SA SIB EE
43	사 십삼	SA SIB SAM
44	사 십사	SA SIB SA
45	사 십오	SA SIB WO
46	사 십육	SA SIB YUK
47	사 십칠	SA SIB CHHIL
48	사 십팔	SA SIB FAL
49	사 십구	SA SIB GU
50	오 십	WO SIB

51	오 십일	WO SIB IL
52	오 십이	WO SIB EE
53	오 십삼	WO SIB SAM
54	오 십사	WO SIB SA
55	오 십오	WO SIB WO
56	오 십육	WO SIB YUK
57	오 십칠	WO SIB CHHIL
58	오 십팔	WO SIB FAL
59	오 십구	WO SIB GU
60	육 십	YUK SIB
66	육십육	Yuk-Sip-yuk
70	칠십	Chil-Sip
77	칠십칠	Chhil-Sip-Chhil
80	팔십	Pal-Sip
88	팔십팔	Pal-Sip-pal
90	구십	Gu-Sip
99	구십구	Gu-Sip-Gu
100	백	Baek
101	백일	Baek il

• After 100 백 the same rule applies that was applied after number 10. For example, 101 is 100+1 so it is written as 백일
• 110 is 100+10 so it is written as 백십
• 120 is 100+20 so it is written as 백이십
• 130 is 100+30 so it is written as 백삼십
• 200 has two sets of hundred so it is 이백
• 300 has 3 sets of hundred so it is 삼백
• 999 is written as 구백구십구
• 1000 is 천
• 1,110 = 천백십 not 일천백십 ( because for large numbers normally 1 / 일 is removed.)
• 10,000 is 만 -mahn 
• 100,000 is 십만 – ship mahn
• 1,000,000 is 백만 – bek mahn
• 10,000,000 is 천만 – chhun mahn
• 100,000,000 is 억 – uck
• 1,000,000,000 is 십억 – ship uck
• 1,000,000,000 is 조 – joh

110	백십
220	이백 이십
330	삼백 삼십
440	사백 사십
550	오백 오십
660	육백 육십
770	칠백 칠십
880	팔백 팔십
990	구백 구십
1000	천

When to use Sino Korean number?

Sino Korean number system is the Korean numbers that are originated from Chinese numbers and Sino Korean numbers are used for –

Phone numbers    01044294220 is 공 일 공 사 사 이 구 사 이 이 공. While saying zero people normally say 공 instead of 영. Sometimes phone numbers are also used in the Native number system. South Korean emergency Numbers are

• 119 일 일 구. which is used to contact fire station or Medical.
• 112 is used to report crime and contact police
• 120 is to  Provide information for foreign residents to adjust life in Seoul.

counting money in Korean (Price value/money) -Let’s learn Korean money counting system and how to count money in Korean?

• 20 won is    이십 원
• 100 won is    백 원
• 1000 won is     천 원
• 10000 won is     만 원
• 100000 won is   십만 원
• 1000000 won is  백만 원
• 10000000 won is    천 만원

Number of floors 

The second floor is 이 충The third floor is 삼 충The fourth floor – Normally there is no fourth floor in Korea because Number 4 is considered as bad or unlucky number.The fifth floor is  오 충

• The second floor is 이 충
• The third floor is 삼 충
• The fourth floor – Normally there is no fourth floor in Korea because Number 4 is considered as bad or unlucky number.
• The fifth floor is  오 충

Date -Now lets learn how to write the date in Korean?….년,..월,..일

• Five years -오 년
• ten years – 십 년
• Two month – 이 월
• seven month – 칠 월
• ten days – 십 일
• five days – 오 일

Time (minute and second) – ..분,..초 (Remember hour is not used in the Sino Korean numbering system, Hour is used only in the Native Korean numbering system.)

• 10 minutes – 십 분
• 20 minutes – 이십 분
• 30 minutes – 삼십 분 / 반
• 55 minutes – 오십 오 분
• 5 seconds – 오 초
• 15 seconds – 십 오 초
• 25 seconds – 이십 오 초
• 45 seconds – 사십 오 초

Temperature –

• 30 degree is 삼십 도
• 45 degree is 사십 오 도
• 55 degree is 오 십 오 도

Address -Road Number 54 is 오십사 길, sinju gil 50 is – 신추길 오십

100+ numbers –

• One Hundred four/ 104 is 백 사
• One hundred twenty/120 is 백 이십
• Two hundred is – 이 백
• Three hundred is – 삼 백
• nine hundred nine is – 구백 구

Transportation (Bus/subway numbers) –

• 102 number bus is 백이 번 버스
• 4 호선 is line number 4 (Train line)
• 714 열차 is train number 714
• 2 호 차 is car number 2(train car number)

Flight numbers -KE121 is  KE 백이십일

Measurements 

• 5 meter is 오 미터
• 9 mile – 구 마일
• 10 Gallon – 삼 갤런

weight – 90 kg is 구십 기로, 68 kg is 육십팔

Age 30 years – 삼십 살, 29 years is 이십구 살 (Some koreans use sino Korean system for telling age – ..세 /..살)

Native Korean numbers

As we studied earlier there are two sets of Korean numbers: the native Korean system and the Sino Korean system. In this article, we are going to study about the Native numerical system. Mainly, the Native system is used for counting age and numbers of items or things in between 1 to 99.

  When to use Native Korean number?

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• – Counting any physical objects usually followed by a count word (개, 분,명,  잔, etc
• – Counting (in general)
• Counting age (Years)
•  – Counting  people
• – Counting number of months (달)

In native system Daseot beon (다섯 번) means “five times” while in sino system o beon(오 번) means “number five”. When, someone has to say their age he or she can use both sino and Korean system of number but the person must use either 세 or 살 depending upon numeral system.

 In the sino Korean number system, 세 is used to talk about age. 22 years old is 이십이 세 but in the Native Korean number system, 22 years old is 스물둘 살.

In the Sino system, To eliminate confusions between 1 and 2 sometimes native numbers are used. Normally, these substitutions take place over the phone and sometimes over direct conversations as well. When we have to say house number, id card number, passport number or phone number we use native numbers. For instance- 5152 is actually, 오-일-오-이, but we can use 오 – 하나 – 오 – 둘.

The teens (11 through 19) are represented by a combination of tens and the ones places in both native and Sino- Korean number system. For instance, 18 would be sib-phaal 발팔, but not usually il-sib-fall in the Sino-Korean system, and yeol- yeodalp (열여덟) in native Korean. Twenty through ninety  Native system has its own unique set of words.

Native Korean numbers 1-10

1	하나	HANA
2	둘	dul
3	셋	sehtt
4	넷	nehtt
5	다섯	da-seot
6	여섯	yeo-seot
7	일곱	il-gop
8	여덟	yuh-deol
9	아홉	ah-hop
10	열	yeol
11	열하나	yeol – hana
12	열둘	yeol – dul
13	열셋	yeol – set
14	열넷	yeol – net
15	열다섯	yeol – daseot
16	열여섯	yeol – yeoseot
17	열일곱	yeol – ilgob
18	열여덟	yeol – yeodeol
19	열아홉	yeol – ahop

Difference between sino and native Korean

Sino Korean numbers are used to express –

• 개월(Number of months) 일 개월, 이 개월, 삼 개월, 사 개월…
• 년(Year) 일 년, 이 년, 삼 년, 사 년…
• 번(order) 일 번, 이 번, 삼 번, 사 번…
• 분(Minute) 일 분, 이 분, 삼 분, 사 분…
• 월(Month) 일월, 이월, 삼월, 사월…
• 일(Day) 일 일, 이 일, 삼 일, 사 일…
• 인분(Person) 일 인분, 이 인분, 삼 인분, 사 인분…
• 층(Floor) 일 층, 이 층, 삼 층, 사 층…

Sino Korean numbers are used to express –

• 개(Piece, count) 한 개, 두 개, 세 개, 네 개…..
• 권(document, ticket, bill, book)한 권, 두 권, 세 권, 네 권…
• 그루(Plant, tree)한 그루, 두 그루, 세 그루, 네 그루…
• 달(Month)한 달, 두 달, 세 달, 네 달…
• 마리(animal)한 마리, 두 마리, 세 마리, 네 마리…
• 병(Bottle)한 병, 두 병, 세 병, 네 병…
• 사람(Human)한 사람, 두 사람, 세 사람, 네 사람…
• 시간(Hour)한 시간, 두 시간, 세 시간, 네 시간…

Sino Number			서수	Native Number
Number	Name	Korean numbers in English		Name	Pronunciaton
1	일	il	첫째	하나	hana
2	이	i	둘째	둘	dul
3	삼	sam	셋째	셋	set
4	사	sa	넷째	넷	net
5	오	o	다섯째	다섯	daseot
6	육	yuk	여섯째	여섯	yeoseot
7	칠	chil	일곱째	일곱	ilgop
8	팔	pal	여덟째	여덟	yeodeol
9	구	gu	아홉째	아홉	ahop
10	십	shipo	열째	열	yeol
11	십일	shipil	열한째	열 하나	yeolhana
20	이십	eeship	스무째	스물	seumul
25	이십 오	eeship		스물 다섯	seumul-daseot
28	이십 팔	eeship		스물 여덟	seumul-yeodeol
30	삼십	samship		서른	seoreun
35	삼십오	samship		서른다섯	seoreun-daseot
40	사십	saship		마흔	maheun
45	사십오	saship		마흔다섯	maheun-daseot
50	오십	oship		쉰	swin
55	오십오	oship		쉰다섯	swin-daseot
60	육십	yukship		예순	yesun
65	육십오	yukship		예순다섯	yesun-daseot
70	칠십	chilship		일흔	ilheun
75	칠십오	chilship		일흔다섯	ilheun-daseot
80	팔십	palship		여든	yeodeun
85	팔십오	palship		여든다섯	yeodeun-daseot
90	구십	guship		아흔	aheun
95	구십오	guship		아흔다섯	aheun-daseot
100	백	baek		온	on
200	이백	i-baek
300	삼백	sam-baek
500	오백	오-백
800	팔백	pal-baek
900	구백	gu-baek
1000	천	cheon
2000	이천	icheon
3000	삼천	sam-cheon
5000	오천	o-cheon
8000	팔천	pal-cheon
9000	구천	gu-cheon
10,000	만	man
20,000	이만	iman
50,000	오만	oman
80,000	팔만	palman
100,000	십만	sip-man
1 Million	백만	baek-man
10 Million	천만	cheon-man
100 million	억	eok
1 trillion	조	JO

Korean numbers pronunciation

From 11 to 19, there is a simple way to make numbers. You just need to put 1 from the number 10 and in the place of 0 you have to add any number from 1 to 9. Let’s see examples here-

• 열 (10) + 하나 (1) = 열하나 [yeol-ha-na] =  (11)
• 열 (10) + 다섯(5) = 열다섯 [yeoldaseot] = (15)
• 열 (10) + 아홉 (8) = 열여덟 [yeol-yuh-deol] = (18)

11	열 한	YEOL – han
20	스물	seu-mul
30	서른	seo-reun
40	마흔	ma-heun
50	쉰	swin
60	예순	ye-sun
70	일흔	i-reun
80	여든	yeo-deun
90	아흔	a-heun
100	백	baek

The same rule (11-19 number making rule) applies to 21-29, 31-39, 41-49, 51- 59,61-69, 71-79,81-89 and 91-99 also.

21	스물 한	seu-mul – han
22	스물 둘	seu-mul – dul
23	스물 셋	seu-mul – set
24	스물 넷	seu-mul – net
25	스물 다섯	seu-mul – daseot
26	스물 여섯	seu-mul – yeosot
27	스물 일곱	seu-mul – ilgop
28	스물 여덟	seu-mul – yedeolp
29	스물 아홉	seu-mul – ahop
30	서른	seo-reun

         The number 100 in the Sino-Korean number is 백 [baek], and even when you need to use the native Korean number, you can use the same word. The same name is used for the Native numerical system as well.

Though the bigger numbers like 100, 1,000, 10,000 etc., have their own native names, the words for these bigger numbers in the native Korean numbers are no longer used and only sino-Korean numbers are used.

How to count large numbers in korean?

We can also use both sino and native for numbers together for counting numbers above 100. Let’s learn some of them

• 101 = 백 [baek / 100] (sino-Korean) + 하나 [ha-na / 1] (native Korean)
• 102 = 백 [baek / 100] (sino-Korean) + 둘 [dul/ 2] (native Korean)
• 208 = 이 [i / 2] (sino-Korean) + 백 [baek / 100] (sino-Korean) + 여덟 [yuh-deol / 8] (native Korean)
• 305 = 삼 [sam / 3] (sino-Korean) + 백 [baek / 100] (sino-Korean) + 다섯 [daseot / 5] (native Korean)

How to count big numbers in Korean?

Bigger numbers are divided into 10,000 units. Let’s see with examples

10,000	만	Man
100,000	십만	Sip man
1,000,000	백만	Baek man
10,000,000	천만	Cheon man
100,000,000	억	Uck
1,000,000,000,000	조	Jo

Korean lucky numbers

Koreans followed some of western culture also. As western calls 7 as ‘Lucky Seven’ korean also consider number 7 as a lucky seven or lucky number.Koreans have followed other aspects of western civilization also.

4 in Korean

First, Korean people detest a number 4 traditionally. Because the pronunciation of 4 is [사], sa], and it sounds the same as a Sino-Korean (사) which means “death”. Therefore, they tend to avoid adding 4 when numbering the car number, apartment number, patient’s room number and an examinee’s seat number’ as much as possible. So 4 in korean is considered as an unlucky number.

3 in Korean

Number 3 is often used when playing games like 윷놀이. People always compete 3 times and winning 2 games out of 3 is considered as winning the game.

10 in Korean

A number 10 and multiples of 10 like ‘100, 1,000, 10,000

are considered as a 완전수 ‘complete number’, so they are often taken as anniversaries. For example, in a Korean proverb, 열번 찍어 안 넘어가는 나무 없다. It means there is no tree that will not fall by chopping it ten times’, and ‘ten times’ here means “so many times’. 

백일 잔치 100th day celebration’ is a birthday party that celebrates the 100th day since birth

Richest Korean person

Typical Koreans consider 억(100,000,000) unit as the largest number, and 억대 부자 a rich person of one hundred million’ is used to represent a very rich person’.

What is native Korean numbers used for?

• 다섯 살이에요. I am five years old.
• 열 살이에요. I am ten years old.
• 한 번 – once다섯 번 – Five times
• 다섯 개 – five things
• 스물 명- twenty people
• 일곱 시 – seven o’clock 
• 네  마리 – four animals

Sino Korean and native Korean number usages

Sino Korean number chart

Here is a Korean counters list with English pronunciations. The list consists of korean numbers in English.

일{ Il} 1 One

십{ sib} 10 Ten

백{ Baek} 100 One hundred

천{ cheon} 1,000                                 One Thousand

만 { man} 10,000 Ten thousand

십만 {sib man} 100,000 One hundred Thousand

백만 { Baek man}1,000,000                  One million

천만 { cheon man} 10,000,000

억 { uck} 100,000,000

십억 { sib uck} 1,000,000,000               One Billion

백억{ baek uck} 10,000,000,000

천억 {cheon uck} 100,000,000,000

조 {jo} 1,000,000,000,000                     One Trillion

십조{sib – jo} 10,000,000,000,000

백조 { Baek – jo} 100,000,000,000,000

천조 { cheon – jo} 1,000,000,000,000,000

Korean numbers 1-100

Here is a list of Korean numbers 1 1000 in English. In this chapter, you can learn both sino Korean and native Korean numbers. In this chapter, you can learn how to say numbers in Korean also.

• 1 – one – 일
• 2 – two – 이
• 3 – three – 삼
• 4 – four – 사
• 5 – five – 오
• 6 – six – 육
• 7 – seven – 칠
• 8 – eight – 팔
• 9 – nine – 구
• 10 – ten – 십
• 11 – eleven – 십일
• 12 – twelve – 십이
• 13 – thirteen – 십삼
• 14 – fourteen – 십사
• 15 – fifteen – 십오
• 16 – sixteen – 십육
• 17 – seventeen – 십칠
• 18 – eighteen – 십팔
• 19 – nineteen – 십구
• 20 – twenty – 이십
• 21 – twenty-one – 이십 일
• 22 – twenty-two – 이십 이
• 23 – twenty-three – 이십 삼
• 24 – twenty-four – 이십 사
• 25 – twenty-five – 이십 오
• 26 – twenty-six 이십 육
• 27 – twenty-seven 이십 칠
• 28 – twenty-eight 이십 팔
• 29 – twenty-nine 이십 구
• 30 – thirty 삼십
• 31 – thirty-one 삼십 일
• 32 – thirty-two 삼십 이
• 33 – thirty-three 삼십 삼
• 34 – thirty-four 삼십 사
• 35 – thirty-five 삼십 오
• 36 – thirty-six 삼십 육
• 37 – thirty-seven 삼십 칠
• 38 – thirty-eight 삼십 팔
• 39 – thirty-nine 삼십 구
• 40 – forty 사십
• 41 – forty-one 사십 일
• 42 – forty-two 사십 이
• 43 – forty-three 사십 삼
• 44 – forty-four 사십 사
• 45 – forty-five 사십 오
• 46 – forty-six 사십 육
• 47 – forty-seven 사십 칠
• 48 – forty-eight 사십 팔
• 49 – forty-nine 사십 구
• 50 – fifty 오십
• 51 – fifty-one 오십일
• 52 – fifty-two 오십이
• 53 – fifty-three 오십삼
• 54 – fifty-four 오십사
• 55 – fifty-five 오십오
• 56 – fifty-six 오십육
• 57 – fifty-seven 오십칠
• 58 – fifty-eight 오십팔
• 59 – fifty-nine 오십구
• 60 – sixty 육십
• 61 – sixty-one 육십일
• 62 – sixty-two 육십이
• 63 – sixty-three 육십삼
• 64 – sixty-four 육십사
• 65 – sixty-five 육십오
• 66 – sixty-six 육십육
• 67 – sixty-seven 육십칠
• 68 – sixty-eight 육십팔
• 69 – sixty-nine 육십구구
• 70 – seventy 칠십
• 71 – seventy-one 칠십일
• 72 – seventy-two 칠십이
• 73 – seventy-three 칠십삼
• 74 – seventy-four 칠십사
• 75 – seventy-five 칠십오
• 76 – seventy-six 칠십육
• 77 – seventy-seven 칠십칠
• 78 – seventy-eight 칠십 팔
• 79 – seventy-nine 칠십 구
• 80 – eighty 팔십
• 81 – eighty-one 팔십일
• 82 – eighty-two 팔십이
• 83 – eighty-three 팔십삼
• 84 – eighty-four 팔십사
• 85 – eighty-five 팔십오
• 86 – eighty-six 팔십육
• 87 – eighty-seven 팔십칠
• 88 – eighty-eight 팔십팔
• 89 – eighty-nine 팔십구
• 90 – ninety 구십
• 91 – ninety-one 구십일
• 92 – ninety-two 구십이
• 93 – ninety-three 구십삼
• 94 – ninety-four 구십사
• 95 – ninety-five 구십오
• 96 – ninety-six 구십육
• 97 – ninety-seven 구십칠
• 98 – ninety-eight 구십팔
• 99 – ninety-nine 구십구
• 100 – one hundred 백

counting in Korean 1-100

This time we will learn native Korean numbers 1-100 with words.

• 1 – one – 하나(한)
• 2 – two – 둘(두)
• 3 – three – 셋(세)
• 4 – four – 넷(네)
• 5 – five – 다섯
• 6 – six – 여섯
• 7 – seven – 일곱
• 8 – eight – 여덟
• 9 – nine – 아홉
• 10 – ten – 열
• 11 – eleven – 열하나
• 12 – twelve – 열둘
• 13 – thirteen – 열셋
• 14 – fourteen – 열넷
• 15 – fifteen – 열다섯
• 16 – sixteen – 열여섯
• 17 – seventeen – 열일곱
• 18 – eighteen – 열여덟
• 19 – nineteen – 열아홉
• 20 – twenty – 스물
• 21 – twenty-one – 스물하나
• 22 – twenty-two – 스물둘
• 23 – twenty-three – 스물셋
• 24 – twenty-four – 스물 넷
• 25 – twenty-five – 스물다섯
• 26 – twenty-six 스물 여섯
• 27 – twenty-seven 스물 일곱
• 28 – twenty-eight 스물 여덟
• 29 – twenty-nine 스물아홉
• 30 – thirty 서른
• 31 – thirty-one 서른하나
• 32 – thirty-two 서른 둘
• 33 – thirty-three 서른 셋
• 34 – thirty-four 서른 넷
• 35 – thirty-five 서른 다섯
• 36 – thirty-six 서른 여섯
• 37 – thirty-seven 서른 일곱
• 38 – thirty-eight 서른여덟
• 39 – thirty-nine 서른아홉
• 40 – forty 마흔
• 41 – forty-one 마흔하나
• 42 – forty-two 마흔둘
• 43 – forty-three 마흔셋
• 44 – forty-four 마흔넷
• 45 – forty-five 마흔다섯
• 46 – forty-six 사십 육
• 47 – forty-seven 사십 칠
• 48 – forty-eight 사십 팔
• 49 – forty-nine 사십 구
• 50 – fifty 쉰
• 51 – fifty-one 쉰 하나
• 52 – fifty-two 쉰 둘
• 53 – fifty-three 쉰 셋
• 54 – fifty-four 쉰 넷
• 55 – fifty-five 쉰 다섯
• 56 – fifty-six 쉰 여섯
• 57 – fifty-seven 쉰 일곱
• 58 – fifty-eight 쉰 여덟
• 59 – fifty-nine 쉰 아홉
• 60 – sixty 예순
• 61 – sixty-one 예순 하나
• 62 – sixty-two 예순 둘
• 63 – sixty-three 예순 셋
• 64 – sixty-four 예순 넷
• 65 – sixty-five 예순 다섯
• 66 – sixty-six 예순 여섯
• 67 – sixty-seven 예순 일곱
• 68 – sixty-eight 예순 여덟
• 69 – sixty-nine 예순 아홉
• 70 – seventy 일흔
• 71 – seventy-one 일흔 하나
• 72 – seventy-two 일흔 둘
• 73 – seventy-three 일흔 셋
• 74 – seventy-four 일흔 넷
• 75 – seventy-five 일흔 다섯
• 76 – seventy-six 일흔 여섯
• 77 – seventy-seven 일흔 일곱
• 78 – seventy-eight 일흔 여덟
• 79 – seventy-nine 일흔 아홉
• 80 – eighty 여든
• 81 – eighty-one 여든 하나
• 82 – eighty-two 여든 둘
• 83 – eighty-three 여든 셋
• 84 – eighty-four 여든 넷
• 85 – eighty-five 여든 다섯
• 86 – eighty-six 여든 여섯
• 87 – eighty-seven 여든 일곱
• 88 – eighty-eight 여든여덟
• 89 – eighty-nine 여든아홉
• 90 – ninety 아흔
• 91 – ninety-one 아흔 하나
• 92 – ninety-two 아흔 둘
• 93 – ninety-three 아흔 셋
• 94 – ninety-four 아흔 넷
• 95 – ninety-five 아흔 다섯
• 96 – ninety-six 아흔여섯
• 97 – ninety-seven 아흔 일곱
• 98 – ninety-eight 아흔여덟
• 99 – ninety-nine 아흔아홉
• 100 – one hundred 백

Korean numbers exercise

Let’s do some exercise on Korean numbers. Answers of these questions are below.
1. How to say one hundred and forty in Korean?
2. How to say one hundred in Korean?
3. Korean numbers 55
4. numbers in Korean 67
5. hangeul for thousand / a thousand in Korean
6. Korean number 8
7. 8 native Korean
8. 5 in Korean
9. 20 in Korean
10. 900 in Korean
11. 60 in Korean
12. Eight in Korean
13. five in Korean
14. hangul for billion / 1 billion in Korean
15. how to say November 2nd in Korean?
16. nine in Korean
17. how to say numbers in Korean?
18. 100 000 in words
19. first in Korean
20. Korean for one / 1 in Korean

• Answers
• 1. 백 사십
• 2. 백 
• 3. 오십오 (Sino korean), 쉰다섯 (Native korean)
• 4. 육십칠 (Sino korean), 예순일곱 (Native korean)
• 5. 천
• 6. 팔 (Sino korean)
• 7. 여덟 (Native korean)
• 8. 오 (Sino korean), 다섯 (Native korean)
• 9. 이십 (Sino korean), 스물 (Native korean)
• 10. 구백
• 11. 육십 (Sino korean), 예순 (Native korean)
• 12. 팔 (Sino korean), 여덟 (Native korean)
• 13. 오 (Sino korean), 다섯 (Native korean)
• 14. 십억
• 15. 십일 월 이 일 (11월 2 일)
• 16. 구 (Sino korean), 아홉 (Native korean)
• 17. 수, 숫자, 수사 
• 18. 십만 (sip man)
• 19. 첫, 첫 (번)째의, 첫째, 우선, 맨 먼저
• 20. 하나(의), 1, 한, 일

Korean phone numbers

Korean phone numbers South Korean phone numbers are based on their geographical locations. If you are using landline phone numbers depend on which place you are staying. For Seoul landline phone number starts from 02, for jeollanamdo 061, for Cheonan it starts from 041.If you are using mobile phone both prepaid and postpaid phones have same number at the starting. Generally, it starts from 010 but some of them have 011 also.

How to say phone number in Korean?

How to ask phone number in Korean?전화번호가 어떻게 되세요?

what is your phone number?/ What is your phone number?전화번호 뭐예요?

To answer this question we have to use sino Korean numbers but sometimes Korean use native Korean numbers also. While saying phone numbers people normally use 공 instead of 영 for the number zero. Suppose if my phone number is 010 4256 7983 then I have to say 공일공 사이오육 칠구팔삼. We have to use these numbers to tell phone numbers in Korean.

• 0  공  GONG
• 1  일 IL
• 2 이 I / EE
• 3 삼 SAM
• 4 사 SA
• 5 오 wo
• 6 육 YUK
• 7 칠 CHHIL
• 8 팔 FAL
• 9 구 GU
• 10 십 SIP

Korean number pronunciation

• zero in Korean  –  영 /공 / 제로
• The first in Korean  –  첫번째 / 처음에
• 1 in Korean  –  일 / 하나  / 한
• 2 in Korean  –  이 / 둘 / 두
• three in Korean  –  삼 /셋
• 21 years old in Korean – 21살. / 스물한 살
• I’m 21 years old – 난 21살. / 난 스물한 살
• 43 in Korean – 사십 삼
• 2019 in Korean 이천 십구
• 2020 in Korean – 이천 이십
• how to say 15 years old in Korean – 열 다섯 살
• 52 in native Korean – 쉰둘 /  swin dul
• 51 in Korean – 오십일 /  wosib il
• how to write June in Korean? – 6월/ 육월
• how to say day one in Korean? – 첫날
• 10000 in words – 만
• free in Korean – 무료, 공짜, 자유로운
• 8 in Korean – 팔
• 8 in native korea – 여덟 
• seven in Korean – 칠 (sino)/ 일곱(Native)
• 11 in Korean – 십일(sino Korean)/ 열한(Native Korean)
• month in korean hangul – 월/달
• minutes in Korean – 분
• how long in Korean – 언제부터 언제까지, 얼마나?
• how to count Korean money?  using sino number
• how to say 12000 in words? 만 이 천 (Man means 10000 이 means 2 and 천 means thousand)
• 1050 in words – 천 오십 (people normally say 천 오십 but you can say 일천 오십 also. 일 means 1 which Korean people don’t use while speaking in daily life. 오십 means 50.)
• Korean number 0 pronunciation – 공 (khong) or 영 (yong)

korean numbers pdf

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practice Korean numbers

I have made some questions which will help your understanding of Korean numbers. To practice Korean numbers click here. native Korean numbers quiz

Korean numbers worksheet

Try to write the Korean numbers in words using both sino and native systems.

Numbers	sino Korean	Native Korean
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
17
19
22
26
28
33
36
44
47
52
56
66
68
70
75
79
83
89
100
1015
1100
1950
10000
10530
11300
18000
100000
1000000

FAQs: Korean numbers