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1 Korean numbers and their usage

Korean numbers and their usage

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

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

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 the Native Korean number(NKN).

Korean Counter

These are counting units or counting particles of korean language. Korea has a unique system to count different things. Korean has given unique names to count different items.

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

사물(Object) – 개
빵이 몇 개 있어요?
= 2개 있어요.
사과는 몇 개 있어요?
= 사과는 5개 있어요.

나이(Age) – 살
나이가 몇 살이에요?
= 스무 살이에요.

동물(Animal) – 마리
고양이가 몇 마리 있어요?
= 3 말이 있어요.

사람(Person) – 명
가족이 몇 명 이에요?
= 10명 이에요.

차(Car) – 대
버스가 몇대 있어요?
= 3대 있어요.
= 택시는 5대 있어요.

책(Book) – 권
책이며 건 있어요?
= 22건 있어요.

Native Korean number - 숫자 영어로

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 ways 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 numbers 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

0영/공 YUNG / GONG
1IL
2EE
3SAM
4SA
5WO
6YUK
7CHHIL
8FAL
9GU
10SIP/ SIB
SINO KOREAN NUMBER

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)

Now let’s continue from 11

11십일SIB IL
12십이SIB EE
13십삼SIB SAM
14십사SIB SA
15십오SIB WO
16십육SIB YUK
17십칠SIB CHHIL
18십팔SIB FAL
19십구SIB GU
20이십EE SIB
SINO KOREAN NUMBER LIST

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

21이십일ISIB IL
22이십이ISIB EE
23이십삼ISIB SAM
24이십사ISIB SA
25이십오ISIB WO
26이십육ISIB YUK
27이십칠ISIB CHHIL
28이십팔ISIB FAL
29이십구ISIB GU
30삼십SAM SIB
SINO KOREAN NUMBER LIST

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

31삼십일SAM SIB IL
32삼십이SAM SIB EE
33삼십삼SAM SIB SAM
34삼십사SAM SIB SA
35삼십오SAM SIB WO
36삼십육SAM SIB YUK
37삼십칠SAM SIB CHHIL
38삼십팔SAM SIB FAL
39삼십구SAM SIB GU
40사십SA SIB
SINO KOREAN NUMBER LIST

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 ).

41사 십일SA SIB IL
42사 십이SA SIB EE
43사 십삼SA SIB SAM
44사 십사SA SIB SA
45사 십오SA SIB WO
46사 십육SA SIB YUK
47사 십칠SA SIB CHHIL
48사 십팔SA SIB FAL
49사 십구SA SIB GU
50오 십WO SIB
SINO KOREAN NUMBER LIST
51오 십일WO SIB IL
52오 십이WO SIB EE
53오 십삼WO SIB SAM
54오 십사WO SIB SA
55오 십오WO SIB WO
56오 십육WO SIB YUK
57오 십칠WO SIB CHHIL
58오 십팔WO SIB FAL
59오 십구WO SIB GU
60육 십YUK SIB
66 육십육Yuk-Sip-yuk
70칠십Chil-Sip
77칠십칠Chhil-Sip-Chhil
80팔십 Pal-Sip
88팔십팔 Pal-Sip-pal
90구십 Gu-Sip
99구십구  Gu-Sip-Gu
100Baek
101백일Baek il
SINO KOREAN NUMBER LIST
  • 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
110백십
220이백 이십
330삼백 삼십
440사백 사십
550오백 오십
660육백 육십
770칠백 칠십
880팔백 팔십
990구백 구십
1000
KOREAN NUMBERS IN WORDS

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 충 the third floor is 삼 충The fourth floor – Normally there is no fourth floor in Korea because Number 4 is considered a 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 let’s 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

Native Korean numbers
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?


  • – 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

1하나HANA
2dul
3셋 sehtt
4nehtt
5다섯 da-seot
6여섯yeo-seot
7일곱il-gop
8여덟yuh-deol
9아홉ah-hop
10yeol
11열하나yeol – hana
12열둘 yeol – dul
13열셋 yeol – set
14열넷yeol – net
15열다섯 yeol – daseot
16열여섯yeol – yeoseot
17열일곱yeol – ilgob
18열여덟yeol – yeodeol
19열아홉yeol – ahop
NATIVE KOREAN NUMBER CHART

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…

Native 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 Numberkorean NameKorean numbers in English서수Native NumberSound
NumberNameKorean numbers in EnglishNamePronunciaton
1il첫째하나hana
2i둘째 dul
3sam셋째 set
4sa넷째 net
5o다섯째다섯daseot
6yuk여섯째여섯yeoseot
7chil일곱째일곱ilgop
8pal여덟째여덟yeodeol
9gu아홉째아홉ahop
10shipo열째yeol
11십일shipil열한째열 하나yeolhana
20이십eeship스무째스물seumul
25이십 오eeship스물 다섯seumul-daseot
28이십 팔eeship스물 여덟seumul-yeodeol
30삼십samship서른seoreun
35삼십오samship서른다섯seoreun-daseot
40사십saship마흔maheun
45사십오saship마흔다섯maheun-daseot
50오십oshipswin
55오십오oship쉰다섯swin-daseot
60육십yukship예순yesun
65육십오yukship예순다섯yesun-daseot
70칠십chilship일흔ilheun
75칠십오chilship일흔다섯ilheun-daseot
80팔십palship여든yeodeun
85팔십오palship여든다섯yeodeun-daseot
90구십guship아흔aheun
95구십오guship아흔다섯aheun-daseot
100baekon
200이백i-baek
300삼백sam-baek
500오백오-백
800팔백pal-baek
900구백gu-baek
1000cheon
2000이천icheon
3000삼천sam-cheon
5000오천o-cheon
8000팔천pal-cheon
9000구천gu-cheon
10,000man
20,000이만iman
50,000오만oman
80,000팔만palman
100,000십만sip-man
1 Million백만baek-man
10 Million천만cheon-man
100 millioneok
1 trillionJO
Korean numerals

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)
11열 한YEOL – han
20스물seu-mul
30서른seo-reun
40 마흔ma-heun
50swin
60예순 ye-sun
70일흔i-reun
80 여든yeo-deun
90아흔a-heun
100 baek
NATIVE KOREAN NUMBERS

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.

21스물 한seu-mul – han
22스물 둘seu-mul – dul
23스물 셋seu-mul – set
24 스물 넷 seu-mul – net
25스물 다섯seu-mul – daseot
26스물 여섯 seu-mul – yeosot
27스물 일곱 seu-mul – ilgop
28 스물 여덟 seu-mul – yedeolp
29 스물 아홉 seu-mul – ahop
30서른 seo-reun
NATIVE KOREAN NUMBERS

         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)
Numbers in korean
Sino and native Korean Numbers

How to count big numbers in Korean?

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

10,000Man
100,000십만Sip man
1,000,000백만Baek man
10,000,000 천만 Cheon man
100,000,000Uck
1,000,000,000,000Jo
Korean big numbers

Korean lucky numbers

Koreans followed some of the western cultures 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 the 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

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

Counter korean
How to use Korean numbers

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
Korean Number chart
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 number sheet

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 depending 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 a mobile phone both prepaid and postpaid phones have the same number at the starting. Generally, it starts from 010 but some of them have 011 also.

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  instead of 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

Click here to see PDF FILE of korean numbers 1-100

practice Korean numbers

I have made some questions that 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.

Numberssino KoreanNative 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
Korean numbers worksheet

Korean cardinal numbers

The cardinal number indicates the number and amount and the ordinal number indicates the order. Both cardinal and ordinal numbers use native origin and Chinese origin numbers.

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

Korean origin cardinal numberChinese origin cardinal number
하나1
2
3
4
다섯5
여섯6
일곱7
여덟8
아홉9
10

From 11 to 19, numbers in the table above are attached at the end of 열 or 십 like 열하나11, 열둘12, 열셋13, 열넷14, 열다섯15, 열여섯16, 열일곱17, 열여덟18,열아홉19. These are native Korean numbers.

 십일11, 십이12, 십삼13, 십사14, 십오15, 십육16, 십칠17, 십팔18, 십구19. These are chinese origin numbers.

For numerals of ten units like 20/30/40/50, Korean origin has a separate name. And in Chinese origin ‘십’ is added from ‘일(1) to ‘구(9)’. There are up to 99, 아흔아홉’ Korean origin cardinal numeral in contemporary Korean and the above are only Chinese origin cardinal numerals.

Korean origin cardinal numeralChinese origin cardinal numeral
10십 or 일십
스물20이십
서른30삼십
마흔40사십
50오십
예순60육십
일흔70칠십
여든80팔십
아흔90구십
100백 or 일 백

Just like ten units, units such as hundred, thousand, ten thousand, 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 work. For ordinal numerals, there are also Korean origin

ordinal numeral and Chinese origin ordinal numeral.

Korean origin ordinal numeralChinese origin ordinal numeral
첫째1/first제일
둘째2/second제이
셋째3/third제삼
넷째4/fourth제사
다섯째5/fifth제오
여섯째6/sixth제육
일곱째7/seventh제칠
여덟째8/eighth제팔
아홉째9/ninth제구
열째10/tenth제십

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

Counting days in Korean

Korean origin cardinal numeralChinese origin cardinal numeral
하루1일일
이틀2이일
사흘3삼일
나흘4사일
닷새5오일
엿새6육일
이레7칠일
여드레8팔일
아흐레9구일
열흘10십일
보름15십오일

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

FAQs: Korean numbers

How do you count to 10 in Korean?

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

What are Sino Korean numbers used for?

Saying Phone numbers/ Date/ address/ Transportation/ weight , counting money/ Number of floors/ minute and second/ Temperature/ age

How do you write numbers in Korean?

nattive number sino number
1 하나 hana 일 EEl
2 둘 Dul 이 EE
3 셋 Sam 삼 Sam
4 넷 net 사 sa
5 다섯 Daseot 오 wo
6 여섯 Yesoet 육 Yuk
7 일곱 Ilgop 칠 Chhil
8 여덟 Yedeolp 팔 Fal
9 아홉 Aahop 구 Gu
10 열 Yeol 십 Sip

Why does Korea have two number systems?

Koreans use differnet number systems to count different things. They use sino-korean numbers and Native numbers. But in some cases both sino and native numbers are used.

How do Koreans read 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 Korea emergency Numbers
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.

What are native Korean numbers used for?

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

What is Il in Korean?

(Eel)/ il is one (1) in Korean. There are two systems of Korean numbers.(sino Korean number and native Korean number). Il is a sino Korean number.

How do you say your age in Korean?

When someone has to say their age he or she can use both sino and Korean systems of numbers but the person must use either 세 or 살 depending upon the numeral system. In 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.

How do u read the date in Korean?

 For counting ….year년,..month월,..day/date일 we have to use sino korean but for counting number of months 달.
한 달 동안 For 1 month,
다음 달 next month,
한 달 전부터? From a month ago?
Age of a person using 살 we have to use the native Korean system. 22 years old is 스물둘 살

How to say one hundred in Korean and English?

백 (Baek) in sino Korean and 온 (On) in native Korean. But normally 백 (Baek) is used in daily life. The hundredth is 100번째 (백 번째)in Korean.

18 in Korean

18 is 십팔 in Sino Korean but if you misspell and say 씨발 it becomes F… word in Korean. So take caution while using this number.

What are Taekwondo Numbers in korean?

The system of Korean numbers taekwondo players uses while playing Taekwondo is pure Korean number or Native Korean number. They are also known as Taekwondo commands. They are as follows –
1 하나(Hana)
2 둘(Dul)
3 셋(Set)
4 넷(Net)
5 다섯 (Daseot)
6 여섯 (Yesot)
7 일곱 (Ilgop)
8 여덟 (Yeodolp)
9 아홉 (Aahop)
10 열 (Yeol)

Zero in Korean?

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

억 in English?

one hundred million is 1 억 in Korean. 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.