Learning the Basic Korean Numbers 숫자

Learning Numbers In Korean

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