Eight
Eight (여덟, yeodeol) is the native Korean numeral for the number 8, the sum of seven and one. It is used to count objects (with classifiers), ages and hours.
How to say it
- Korean
- 여덟yeodeol
- Spanish
- Ocho
- English
- Eight
- Japanese
- 八つやっつyattsu
Eight (Korean 여덟, yeodeol) is a Korean numeral for the number 8, the number that is the sum of seven and one.
- It belongs to the native ("pure") Korean series (하나, 둘, 셋, 넷, 다섯, 여섯, 일곱, 여덟, 아홉, 열), which is separate from the Sino-Korean series, where 8 is 팔 (pal).
- Native numbers are used to count objects (with classifiers), to give age and to tell the hour.
- The standard pronunciation is [여덜] (yeodeol), and the ordinal form is 여덟째 (eighth).
- It derives from Middle Korean 여듧, recorded in the Seokbo sangjeol (1447).
In the kumdo glossary, yeodeol is simply the number eight of that native series. I found no kumdo source describing a specific use of this numeral.
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