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")
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Korean |
English |
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영/ 공 |
"zero" |
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하나 |
"one" |
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둘 |
"two" |
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셋 |
"three" |
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넷 |
"four" |
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다섯 |
"five" |
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여섯 |
"six" |
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일곱 |
"seven" |
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여덟 |
"eight" |
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아홉 |
"nine" |
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열 |
"ten" |
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열하나 |
"eleven" |
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열둘 |
"twelve" |
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열셋 |
"thirteen" |
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열넷 |
"fourteen" |
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열다섯 |
"fifteen" |
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열여섯 |
"sixteen" |
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열일곱 |
"seventeen" |
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열여덟 |
"eighteen" |
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열아홉 |
"nineteen" |
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스물 |
"twenty" |
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서른 |
"thirty" |
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마흔 |
"forty" |
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쉰 |
"fifty" |
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예순 |
"sixty" |
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일흔 |
"seventy" |
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여든 |
"eighty" |
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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").
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Korean |
English |
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일 |
"one" |
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이 |
"two" |
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삼 |
"three" |
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사 |
"four" |
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오 |
"five" |
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육 |
"six" |
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칠 |
"seven" |
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팔 |
"eight" |
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구 |
"nine" |
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십 |
"ten" |
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백 |
"hundred" |
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천 |
"thousand" |
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만 |
"ten thousand" |
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억 |
"hundred of millions" |
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조 |
"billion" |
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