In the Korean language, there are two types of cardinal numerals: cardinal numerals of Korean origin, and cardinal numerals of Chinese origin
Cardinal numerals of Korean origin
These numerals are used for to express quantities between 0 and 99 only.
Compound numerals are formed by combining two numerals:
열둘 "twelve" (열"ten" + 둘"two")
마흔 일곱 "forty seven" (마흔"forty" + 일곱"seven")
Korean |
English |
영/ 공 |
"zero" |
하나 |
"one" |
둘 |
"two" |
셋 |
"three" |
넷 |
"four" |
다섯 |
"five" |
여섯 |
"six" |
일곱 |
"seven" |
여덟 |
"eight" |
아홉 |
"nine" |
열 |
"ten" |
열하나 |
"eleven" |
열둘 |
"twelve" |
열셋 |
"thirteen" |
열넷 |
"fourteen" |
열다섯 |
"fifteen" |
열여섯 |
"sixteen" |
열일곱 |
"seventeen" |
열여덟 |
"eighteen" |
열아홉 |
"nineteen" |
스물 |
"twenty" |
서른 |
"thirty" |
마흔 |
"forty" |
쉰 |
"fifty" |
예순 |
"sixty" |
일흔 |
"seventy" |
여든 |
"eighty" |
아흔 |
"ninety" |
Cardinal Numerals of Chinese origin
These numerals are used to express any quantity of objects, without limitation. All the numerals are divided into four categories: ones, dozens, hundreds, and thousands. Compound numerals are formed by multiplying the smaller category by the bigger category or by addition.
칠천 "seven thousand" (칠 "seven" x 천 "thousand")
백이 "one hundred and two" (백"hundred" + 이"two")
육만삼천오백사십구 "sixty three thousand five hundred forty nine" (육 "six" x 만 "ten thousand" + 삼 "three" x 천"thousand" + 오 "five" x 백 "hundred" + 사 "four" x 십"ten" + 구"nine").
Korean |
English |
일 |
"one" |
이 |
"two" |
삼 |
"three" |
사 |
"four" |
오 |
"five" |
육 |
"six" |
칠 |
"seven" |
팔 |
"eight" |
구 |
"nine" |
십 |
"ten" |
백 |
"hundred" |
천 |
"thousand" |
만 |
"ten thousand" |
억 |
"hundred of millions" |
조 |
"billion" |
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