Ten
Ten (열, yeol) in the native Korean number system, the one used for counting. The Korea Kumdo Association manual marks the steps of a technique with the native numerals hana, dul and set.
How to say it
- Korean
- 열yeol
- Spanish
- Diez
- English
- Ten
- Japanese
- 十とおtoo
Ten (열, yeol) is the number 10 in the native Korean number system, which is used for general counting, such as counting things and people. The system runs hana (1), dul (2), set (3), and so on up to yeol (10).
- For 11 to 19, yeol is placed before the last digit: yeol-hana (11), yeol-dul (12).
- Native numerals are used in practice up to 99; Sino-Korean numerals are used from 100 upward.
- The Sino-Korean system has its own ten, sip (십), used in other contexts. One source contrasts yeol beon (열 번), "ten times", with sip beon (십 번), "number ten".
The manual of the Korea Kumdo Association (대한검도회, Daehan Geomdohoe) marks the steps of a technique with the native numerals hana, dul and set. In the two-step front head strike, for example, the practitioner steps in and strikes on hana and returns to the middle guard on dul.
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