In Korean dates are written year, month, day, possibly followed by the day of the week. For example, today’s date in Korean is 2026년09월22일 (22.09.2026).
When talking about the year in a date, rather than saying something like twenty twenty three, or nineteen eighty five, you say 이천이십삼 (icheon-isibsam), or two thousand twenty-three, and 천구백팔십오 (cheongubaegpalsib-o), or one thousand nine hundred eighty-five. However you write 2023년 and 1985년.
| Day | 한국어 (Korean) |
|---|---|
| 1st | 1일 [일일] (iril) |
| 2nd | 2일 [이일] (iil) |
| 3rd | 3일 [삼일] (samil) |
| 4th | 4일 [사일] (sail) |
| 5th | 5일 [오일] (o-il) |
| 6th | 6일 [육일] (yugil) |
| 7th | 7일 [칠일] (chiril) |
| 8th | 8일 [팔일] (paril) |
| 9th | 9일 [구일] (guil) |
| 10th | 10일 [십일] (sibil) |
| 11th | 11일 [십일일] (sibiril) |
| 12th | 12일 [십이일] (sibiil) |
| 13th | 13일 [십삼일] (sipsamil) |
| 14th | 14일 [십사일] (sipsail) |
| 15th | 15일 [십오일] (siboil) |
| 16th | 16일 [십육일] (sibyugil) |
| 17th | 17일 [십칠일] (sipchiril) |
| 18th | 18일 [십팔일] (sip-paril) |
| 19th | 19일 [십구일] (sipguil) |
| 20th | 20일 [이십일] (isibil) |
| 21st | 21일 [이십일일] (isibiril) |
| 22nd | 22일 [이십이일] (isibiil) |
| 23rd | 23일 [이십삼일] (isipsamil) |
| 24th | 24일 [이십사일] (isipsail) |
| 25th | 25일 [이십오일] (isiboil) |
| 26th | 26일 [이십육일] (isibyugil) |
| 27th | 27일 [이십칠일] (isipchiril) |
| 28th | 28일 [이십팔일] (isip-paril) |
| 29th | 29일 [이십구일] (isipguil) |
| 30th | 30일 [삼십일] (samsibil) |
| 31st | 31일 [삼십일일] (samsibiril) |
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| January | 일월 (ilweol) |
|---|---|
| February | 이월 (iweol) |
| March | 삼월 (samweol) |
| April | 사월 (saweol) |
| May | 오월 (oweol) |
| June | 유월 (yuweol) |
| July | 칠월 (chilweol) |
| August | 팔월 (palweol) |
| September | 구월 (guweol) |
| October | 시월 (siweol) |
| November | 십일월 (sipilweol) |
| December | 십이월 (sipiweol) |
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| Monday | 월요일 (weuryoil) |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 화요일 (hwayoil) |
| Wednesday | 수요일 (suyoil) |
| Thursday | 목요일 (mokyoil) |
| Friday | 금요일 (geumyoil) |
| Saturday | 토요일 (toyoil) |
| Sunday | 일요일 (ilyoil) |
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Hear how to talk about dates in Korean:
Information about writing dates in Korean
https://www.koreanclass101.com/blog/2019/12/20/dates-in-korean/
https://learnkorean24.com/how-to-write-the-date-in-korean/
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