Sino numbers

숫자 (한자어)

Sino-Korean numbers run money, dates, minutes, and phone numbers. If you can count to 10, 11 is just 십일.

12 numbersPricesGrammar: 원14 min

Today’s goal

Read a price in 원 and a two-digit number like 23 as 이십삼.

Words

일

il · 1

이

i · 2

삼

sam · 3

사

sa · 4

오

o · 5

육

yuk · 6

칠

chil · 7

팔

pal · 8

구

gu · 9

십

sip · 10

백

baek · 100

원

won · won (currency)

십 + digit

일 1, 이 2 … 십 10, 백 100, 천 1,000. 11 = 십일, 20 = 이십, 23 = 이십삼. Money uses 원. Minutes use Sino numbers + 분. Phone numbers are read digit by digit, often with 공 for 0. Do not use Sino numbers for 시 (o'clock) — that stays native.

Sentences

삼천 원이에요.

samcheon wonieyo. · It's 3,000 won.

이천오백 원이에요.

icheonobaek wonieyo. · It's 2,500 won.

십일.

sibil. · Eleven.

이십삼.

isipsam. · Twenty-three.

얼마예요?

eolmayeyo? · How much is it?

공일공.

gongilgong. · 010 (start of a Korean mobile number)

Say it out loud

Your line

얼마예요? 삼천 원이에요.

eolmayeyo? samcheon wonieyo. · How much? 3,000 won.

Friend scenes — 만 is 10,000 — 만원만 빌려줘. · Lend me just 10,000 won.

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