Korean Numbers Guide

Counting Money

💡 Use Sino-Korean for all currency.

Age

💡 Native is used for counting age. (Sino is sometimes used for very formal/official age).

Phone Numbers

💡 Read each digit individually using Sino-Korean numbers.

Direct Counting (1-99)

💡 Used when just counting items or objects (generically).

Minutes & Seconds

💡 Minutes and Seconds use Sino. Hours use Native.

Hours

💡 Hours are the exception in time telling. They use Native numbers.

Dates (Year/Month/Day)

💡 All calendar dates use Sino-Korean numbers.

Floors

Temperature