seven
Chil (칠, 七) is the Sino-Korean numeral for seven; the native Korean word for seven is ilgop (일곱). I could not confirm a use specific to kumdo.
How to say it
- Korean
- 칠chil
- Spanish
- Siete (sino-coreano)
- English
- seven
- Japanese
- 七
Chil (칠, hanja 七) is the Sino-Korean numeral for seven. The Sino-Korean series runs from 일 (il, one) to 십 (sip, ten). The native Korean series has a different word for seven: 일곱 (ilgop).
- Sino-Korean numerals are used for dates, money, minutes, addresses, phone numbers and numbers above 99.
- Combined with other numerals, chil forms 칠십 (chilsip, seventy) and 십칠 (sipchil, seventeen). It also forms 칠월 (chilwol, July).
Kumdo (검도) is a Korean martial art in which two people wear protective gear (호구) and strike or thrust with a bamboo sword (죽도). I found no Korean source that gives chil a technical or ritual use specific to kumdo, so this entry covers only the numeral.
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