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TOPIK 1number

팔

pal

Sino-Korean · dates, money, minutes, phone numbers, floors (팔 층, 팔월)

eight

Example

팔월에 바다에 가요.

I'm going to the sea in August.

Word parts

팔 eight

Good to know

Homonym: native 팔 also means 'arm'.

TOPIK 1noun

팔

pal

팔이 · 팔을

arm

Example

넘어져서 팔을 다쳤어요.

I fell and hurt my arm.

Word parts

Same sound as 팔 (eight) — a different word.

Good to know

Homonym: 팔 (八) is the Sino-Korean number eight.