Korean have two counting systems: Native Korean numbers & Sino Korean System
Sino Korean is borrowed from the Chinese and it is used for:
Years
Date, month & year
Days
Minutes & seconds
Currency (they use won)
Phone numbers
Maths
Adress
Degrees (temperature)
Native Korean numbers are used for:
Counting (one, two, three...go! = Hana, dhul, seht...)
Hours
Age
Numeral Hanja Sino-Korean Native Korean Ordinal
0 - 零 〇공 (gong) 공번째 (gongbeonjjae)
영 (yeong) 영번째 (yeongbeonjjae)
제로 (jero) 제로번째 (jerobeonjjae)
눌 (nul) 눌번째 (nulbeonjjae)
1 일 (il) 하나 (hana)첫번째 (cheotbeonjjae)
2 二이 (i) 둘 (dul) 두번째 (dubeonjjae)
3 三 삼 (sam) 셋 (set) 세번째 (sebeonjjae)
4四사 (sa)넷 (net)네번째 (nebeonjjae)
5五오 (o)다섯 (daseot)다섯번째 (daseotbeonjjae)
6六육 (yuk)여섯 (yeoseot)여섯번째 (yeoseotbeonjjae)
7七칠 (chil)일곱 (ilgop)일곱번째 (ilgopbeonjjae)
8八팔 (pal)여덟 (yeodeol)여덟번째 (yeodeolbeonjjae)
9九구 (gu)아홉 (ahop)아홉번째 (ahopbeonjjae)
10十십 (ship)열 (yeol)열번째 (yeolbeonjjae)
11十一십일 (shipil)열하나 (yeolhana)열한번째 (yeolhanbeonjjae)
12十二십이 (shipi)열둘 (yeoldul)열두번째 (yeoldubeonjjae)
13十三십삼 (shipsam)열셋 (yeolset)열세번째 (yeolsebeonjjae)
14十四십사 (shipsa)열넷 (yeolnet)열네번째 (yeolnebeonjjae)
15十五십오 (shipo)열다섯 (yeoldaseot)열다섯번째 (yeoldaseotbeonjjae)
16十六십육 (shipnyuk)열여섯 (yeolyeoseot)열여섯번째 (yeolyeoseotbeonjjae)
17十七십칠 (shipchil)열일곱 (yeolilgop)열일곱번째 (yeolilgopbeonjjae)
18十八십팔 (ship-pal)열여덟 (yeolyeodeol)열여덟번째 (yeolyeodeolbeonjjae)
19十九십구 (shipgu)열아홉 (yeolahop)열아홉번째 (yeolahopbeonjjae)
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