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Numbers and Counting
Koreans use 2 different sets of cardinal numbers, depending on the situation- Korean numbers and Chinese numbers. Although they usually use Arabic numerals, sometimes Chinese characters are used for prices.
Use the Korean forms for the number of items (1-99) and age: 2 children 5 bottle of beer, 27 years old.
Use the Chinese forms for dates (but see below), money, addresses, phone numbers, and numbers above 100.

Most Asian counting systems are based on increments of 10,000 rather than 1,000. For example, the number 100,000 is represented by "10 ten-thousands" rather than "100 thousands." As can be imagined, this causes much confusion for everyone when converting numbers between Korean and other languages. If you have any doubt, verify large numbers in writing (or on a calculator) and check the number of digits. That W500,000 antique chest may actually be W5,000,000!

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Numbers (Korean forms are in parentheses)
EnglishHangulPronunciation
1 ÀÏ (Çϳª) il (hana)
2 ÀÌ (µÑ) ee (tul)
3 »ï (¼Â) sam (set)
4 »ç (³Ý) sa (net)
5 ¿À (´Ù¼¸) oh (tasot)
6 À° (¿©¼¸) yuk (yosot)
7 Ä¥ (ÀÏ°ö) ch'il (ilgop)
8 ÆÈ (¿©´ü) p'al (yodolp)
9 ±¸ (¾ÆÈ©) gu (ahop)
10 ½Ê (¿­) ship (yol)
11 ½ÊÀÏ (¿­Çϳª) ship-il (yol-hana)
12 ½ÊÀÌ (¿­µÑ) ship-ee (yol-tul)
13 ½Ê»ï (¿­¼Â) ship-sam (yol-set)
14 ½Ê»ç (¿­³Ý) ship-sa (yol-net)
15 ½Ê¿À (¿­´Ù¼¸) ship-oh (yol-tasot)
16 ½ÊÀ° (¿­¿©¼¸) shim-yuk (yol-yosot)
17 ½ÊÄ¥ (¿­ÀÏ°ö) ship-ch'il (yol-ilgop)
18 ½ÊÆÈ (¿­¿©´ü) shi-p'al (yol-yodolp)
19 ½Ê±¸ (¿­¾ÆÈ©) ship-gu (yol-ahop)
20 ÀÌ½Ê (½º¹°) ee-ship (sumul)
30 »ï½Ê (¼­¸¥) sam-ship (sorun)
40 »ç½Ê (¸¶Èç) sa-ship (mahun)
50 ¿À½Ê (½®) oh-ship (shween)
60 À°½Ê (¿¹¼ø) yuk-ship (yesun)
70 Ä¥½Ê (À̸¥) ch'il-ship (irun)
80 ÆÈ½Ê (¿©µç) p'al-ship (yodun)
90 ±¸½Ê (¾ÆÈç) gu-ship (ahun)
100 ¹é baek
200 À̹é ee-baek
1,000 õ ch'eon
10,000 ¸¸ man
100,000 ½Ê¸¸ ship-man
1,000,000 ¹é¸¸ baek-man
100,000,000 ¾ï eok


Use Chinese numbers for all date-related numbers except hours.
Weekdays
EnglishHangulPronunciation
Sunday ÀÏ¿äÀÏ ilyo-il
Monday ¿ù¿äÀÏ wolyo-il
Tuesday È­¿äÀÏ hwayo-il
Wednesday ¼ö¿äÀÏ suyo-il
Thursday ¸ñ¿äÀÏ mogyo-il
Friday ±Ý¿äÀÏ kumyo-il
Saturday Åä¿äÀÏ t'oyo-il
Months
EnglishHangulPronunciation
January ÀÏ¿ù ilwol
February ÀÌ¿ù eewol
March »ï¿ù samwol
April »ç¿ù sawol
May ¿À¿ù ohwol
June À¯¿ù yuwol
July Ä¥¿ù ch'ilwol
August ÆÈ¿ù p'alwol
September ±¸¿ù guwol
October ½Ã¿ù shiwol
November ½ÊÀÏ¿ù shibilwol
December ½ÊÀÌ¿ù shibeewol