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yeol · TOPIK 1

ten (native Korean)

🔟 yeol sounds like y'all: ten fingers, y'all, count them

Say yeol quickly and it lands close to y'all. Tie it to counting: all ten fingers, y'all. It is the native Korean ten, used for counting things and ages, while 십 (sip) is the Sino-Korean ten.

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