셋

set · TOPIK 1

three (native Korean)

3️⃣ Sounds like set: a set of three, as in ready, set, go

셋 is pronounced like the English word set. Tie it to the three-beat count ready, set, go: the middle word names the total number of beats. Before a counter it shortens to 세 (se), as in 세 개, three things.

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