ten
Ten in the Sino-Korean number system (십, sip), written with the hanja 十. The native Korean system uses 열 (yeol) for the same number.
How to say it
- Korean
- 십sip
- Spanish
- Diez (sino-coreano)
- English
- ten
- Japanese
- 十じゅうjū
십 (sip) is the Sino-Korean numeral for «ten», written with the hanja 十. Its synonym in the native Korean system is 열 (yeol).
- Korean has two sets of numerals: a native set inherited from Old Korean and a Sino-Korean set borrowed from Middle Chinese.
- The native set is used for general counting up to 99. The Sino-Korean set is used for dates, money, minutes, addresses, phone numbers and numbers above 99.
- Larger numbers are built by combining 십 with the other digits: 11 is 십일 (sibil, «ten-one») and 20 is 이십 (isip, «two-ten»).
- The native ordinal for ten is 열째 (yeoljjae).
- In the Korea Kumdo Association glossary, the Sino-Korean series appears in the phrase 일안 이족 삼담 사력 (il-an i-jok sam-dam sa-ryeok). It lists, in order of importance, the elements trained in kumdo.
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