Five
Daseot (다섯) is «five» in the native Korean number system. The Korean Kumdo Association textbook calls the beats of its strikes with native numerals such as hana (하나) and set (셋).
How to say it
- Korean
- 다섯daseot
- Spanish
- Cinco
- English
- Five
- Japanese
- 五ごgo
Daseot (다섯) is the native Korean numeral for «five». Dictionaries define it as the number one more than four and one less than six.
- System: it belongs to the native series hana (하나), dul (둘), set (셋), net (넷), daseot (다섯), yeoseot (여섯)… The Sino-Korean series uses o (오) for the same number.
- With counters: it keeps its form before a counter, for example daseot myeong (다섯 명), «five people». Hana, dul, set and net change (han, du, se, ne).
- Ordinal: daseotjjae (다섯째) means «fifth».
- In kumdo: the Korean Kumdo Association textbook (대한검도회 검도 교본) teaches strikes (gyeokja, 격자) in 3, 2 and 1 beats. It calls the beats with native numerals in angle quotes, such as 「hana」 (하나) and 「set」 (셋). In its list of reflections for instructors, the fifth point is written daseotjjae (다섯째).
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