NATIVE KOREAN NUMBER CHART
Native-Korean numbers
With native-Korean numbers, you only have to learn the numbers from 1 to 99. There are certain words for numbers above 100, but these words are never used, so you only need to learn the numbers 1 to 99.
Also, there is no ‘zero’ in native Korean numbers, so we only use the zero from sino-Korean numbers.
1 to 10
• 1 – 하나 (hana)
• 2 – 둘 (dul)
• 3 – 셋 (set)
• 4 – 넷 (net)
• 5 – 다섯 (daseot)
• 6 – 여섯 (yeoseot)
• 7 – 일곱 (ilgob)
• 8 – 여덟 (yeodeol)
• 9 – 아홉 (ahop)
• 10 – 열 (yeol)
20, 30, 40, etc.
Similar to English numbers, native-Korean number system has specific words for double-digit numbers that end in zero, and these are numbers like 20, 30, 40, and so on.
• 20 – 스물 (seumul)
• 30 – 서른 (seoreun)
• 40 – 마흔 (maheun)
• 50 – 쉰 (swin)
• 60 – 예순 (yesun)
• 70 – 일흔 (ilheun)
• 80 – 여든 (yeodeun)
• 90 – 아흔 (aheun)
Forming numbers up to 99
Forming numbers to 99 is all about combining the single-digit numbers with the double-digit numbers that end in zero. So to form 15, we combine 10 (열) and 5 (다섯), so 15 is 열다섯.
Here are a few more examples:
• 21 – 스물하나
• 53 – 쉰셋
• 79 – 일흔아홉
When to use Native-Korean numbers & how?
Counter Words and Native Korean Numbers
