Eight
Pal (팔, 八) is the number eight in the Sino-Korean number system. The native Korean form of the same number is 여덟 (yeodeol).
How to say it
- Korean
- 팔pal
- Spanish
- Ocho (sino-coreano)
- English
- Eight
- Japanese
- 八はちhachi
Pal (팔, 八) is the number eight in the Sino-Korean number system. That system counts il, i, sam, sa, o, yuk, chil, pal, gu, sip from one to ten.
- Korean has two numeral systems. Sino-Korean numbers are used for dates, money, phone numbers and numbers of 100 and above. Native Korean numbers (하나, 둘, 셋…) are used for age in speech, for counting people or things, and for the hour of the day.
- The native Korean form of eight is 여덟 (yeodeol).
- Other numbers are built with 팔, such as 십팔 (sip-pal, 18) and 팔십 (pal-sip, 80).
In kumdo it serves as a number in a count. No Korean kumdo source was found that describes a technical use specific to 팔 or says which numeral system is used when counting in practice.
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