42 audio vocab pieces Built from korean_numbers_counters_dates.tsv

Sino 1-10

Core Sino-Korean number words only.

known piece Korean meaning note audio
1 일 one 일 is the Sino-Korean word for one. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
2 이 two 이 is the Sino-Korean word for two. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
3 삼 three 삼 is the Sino-Korean word for three. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
4 사 four 사 is the Sino-Korean word for four. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
5 오 five 오 is the Sino-Korean word for five. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
6 육 six 육 is the Sino-Korean word for six. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
7 칠 seven 칠 is the Sino-Korean word for seven. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
8 팔 eight 팔 is the Sino-Korean word for eight. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
9 구 nine 구 is the Sino-Korean word for nine. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
10 십 ten 십 is 10. The final ㅂ is unreleased, so it should sound like a clipped Korean sip, not English sib.

Zero Forms

Use 공 when reading phone numbers digit by digit.

known piece Korean meaning note audio
0 / zero 영 zero; formal/general zero 영 is the Sino-Korean word for zero; formal/general zero. Use Hangul audio, not romanized English.
0 / phone zero 공 zero in phone numbers 공 is the usual zero in phone numbers; 영 is the general/formal zero.

Place Values

These combine with the digits to build larger Sino numbers.

known piece Korean meaning note audio
100 백 hundred 백 is 100. Plain 100 is usually 백, not 일백.
1,000 천 thousand 천 is 1,000. Plain 1,000 is usually 천, not 일천.
10,000 만 ten thousand 만 is the Korean place unit for 10,000. Korean large numbers group by four digits.
100,000,000 억 hundred million 억 is the Korean place unit for 100,000,000. 1억 means one hundred million.

Calendar Units

Vocabulary pieces used when building dates.

known piece Korean meaning note audio
year 년 year Use 년 after the year number: 이천이십육 년.
month 월 month Use 월 after the month number: 오월.
day of month 일 day Use 일 after the day number: 이십오일.
date 날짜 date General noun for a calendar date.
day of week 요일 day of the week Use with 월/화/수/목/금/토/일.
weekday 평일 weekday Usually Monday through Friday.
weekend 주말 weekend Usually Saturday and Sunday.

Months

June and October have special shorter forms.

known piece Korean meaning note audio
1 / January 일월 month 1 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.
2 / February 이월 month 2 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.
3 / March 삼월 month 3 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.
4 / April 사월 month 4 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.
5 / May 오월 month 5 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.
6 / June 유월 month 6 Special form: June is 유월, not 육월.
7 / July 칠월 month 7 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.
8 / August 팔월 month 8 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.
9 / September 구월 month 9 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.
10 / October 시월 month 10 Special form: October is 시월, not 십월.
11 / November 십일월 month 11 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.
12 / December 십이월 month 12 Months use Sino-Korean numbers plus 월.

Weekdays

Monday through Sunday.

known piece Korean meaning note audio
Monday 월요일 Monday 요일 means day of the week.
Tuesday 화요일 Tuesday 요일 means day of the week.
Wednesday 수요일 Wednesday 요일 means day of the week.
Thursday 목요일 Thursday 요일 means day of the week.
Friday 금요일 Friday 요일 means day of the week.
Saturday 토요일 Saturday 요일 means day of the week.
Sunday 일요일 Sunday 요일 means day of the week.