100,000 in Korean
100,000 in Other Languages
About 100,000 in Korean
The Korean word for 100,000 is 십만 (sipman). The ordinal form — used for rankings, dates, and sequences — is 십만째 (sipmanjae).
100,000 is an even number. 100,000 is a number worth knowing in Korean — it appears in real-world contexts like ages, distances, prices, and time expressions.
Knowing 100,000 in Korean is more useful than it might seem. Numbers are woven into nearly every type of conversation, and fluency with them makes everything from shopping to socializing dramatically easier.
Learning Numbers in Korean
What makes Korean numbers challenging
Two complete number systems (Sino-Korean and native Korean) must be used in the right contexts — using the wrong one sounds unnatural. Native Korean numbers change form when combined with counters (hana becomes han, dul becomes du, set becomes se). Like Japanese, Korean groups large numbers by 10,000 (만/man), requiring English speakers to mentally regroup. Sino-Korean numbers are short monosyllables (il, i, sam) that can blur together at speed. Knowing which system to use (Sino for dates/money/phone, native for counting/age) is essential.
Tips for learning Korean numbers
Learn Sino-Korean numbers first — they are simpler, shorter, and cover phone numbers, dates, prices, and addresses. Then learn native Korean 1-99 for counting objects and telling age. Practice the man (10,000) grouping system with Korean won amounts (prices are usually in thousands or ten-thousands). For phone numbers, Sino-Korean is always used. KakaoTalk conversations often include numbers, making them good practice material.