살

sal · TOPIK 1

year of age

🎂 sal: each birthday adds another sal to your SALary of years

살 counts years of age and pairs with native Korean numbers: 한 살, 두 살, 스무 살. Think of age as a SALary of years, with one more sal paid out every birthday. Its formal Sino-Korean twin is 세.

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