단위명사
Korean counters
Korean cannot count a noun directly. You need the right counter for the kind of thing being counted, and the right number system to put in front of it. All 164 are here, grouped by what they count.
Put one together
A number, then a counter. But the number changes.
Korean has two number systems and each counter takes one of them. On top of that, five native numbers change shape when a counter follows. Pick any two and watch both rules apply.
세 명
명 takes
Native Korean
The number changed
셋 세 before a counter
In use: 한 명 (one person)
People
6For counting people. 명 is the everyday word, 분 the polite one.
Animals & fish
9For animals, plus the old market units for selling fish in fixed lots.
Food & drink
19Glasses, bowls, plates and portions, for ordering and for eating.
Everyday objects
14개 covers most things. These are the shapes that need something else.
Books, paper & media
21Books, pages, chapters, and episodes of a show.
Buildings & places
12Floors, rooms, houses, and places on a map.
Time & dates
17Clock time, how long something lasts, ages and dates.
Money & measures
17Money, weight, distance, and a few units measured off the body.
Vehicles & machines
4Cars, ships, instruments and weapons.
Actions & scores
14How many times something happened, and how it scored.
Bundles & batches
18Things sold packed, tied or boxed, usually in fixed quantities.
Plants & nature
6Trees, flowers, leaves and drops.
Rank & numbering
7Positions, grades, digits and issue numbers.
The printed version of all this is the Korean Counter Workbook. Number forms are generated, not tabulated: see the builder above.