Sino-Korean Numbers

Question 1

일

Answer 1

1

Question 2

이

Answer 2

2

Question 3

삼

Answer 3

3

Question 4

사

Answer 4

4

Question 5

오

Answer 5

5

Question 6

육

Answer 6

6

Question 7

칠

Answer 7

7

Question 8

팔

Answer 8

8

Question 9

구

Answer 9

9

Question 10

십

Answer 10

10

Question 11

십일

Answer 11

11

10 (십) followed by 1 (일). This is the same up to 19, which is 십구.

Question 12

이십

Answer 12

20

simply put together 2 (이) and 10 (십). This is the same for 30 (삼십), 40 (사십), 50 (오십), 60 (육십), 70 (칠십), 80 (팔십), and 90 (구십).

Question 13

이십일

Answer 13

21

21 is 이 (2)십(10)일(1). This is the same for any number between 1 and 100 in Korean.

Question 14

백

Answer 14

100

Question 15

천

Answer 15

1000

Question 16

구천

Answer 16

9000

9000 is 구 (nine) 천 (thousand) = 구천 [gu-cheon]

Question 17

구천구백팔십칠

Answer 17

9987

9987 is 구 (nine) 천 (thousand) 구 (nine) 백 (hundred) 팔 (eight) 십 (ten) 칠 (seven) = 구천구백팔십칠 [gu-cheon-gu-baek-pal-sip-chil]

Question 18

만

Answer 18

10,000

Question 19

십만

Answer 19

100,000

Korean numbers between 10,000 (ten thousand) and 100,000,000 (one hundred million) are counted in increments of 10,000. So, whereas in English you would say 100,000 as “one hundred thousand”, in Korean we would say 십만 [sip-man] which means 10(십) x 10,000(만).

Question 20

백만

Answer 20

1,000,000

Question 21

천만

Answer 21

10,000,000

Question 22

억

Answer 22

100,000,000

Numbers from 100,000,000 (one hundred million) and above are counted in increments of one hundred million. 100,000,000 is 억 [eok] in Korean.

Question 23

십억

Answer 23

1,000,000,000