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U+C704, 위
HANGUL SYLLABLE WI
Composition: +

[U+C703]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C705]




웨 ←→ 유

Korean

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Korean (wùh), from Old Korean 上只 (*WUk). Cognate with Jeju (u).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean  (Yale: wùh).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?wi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wi
McCune–Reischauer?wi
Yale Romanization?wi
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 에 / 위

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

Noun

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South Korean
Standard Language
(wi)
North Korean
Standard Language
(u)

(wi)

  1. above, upper, upside, top
    Antonym: 아래 (arae)
    까지wi-kkajito the top
    wi-rotoward the top
    부터wi-buteofrom the top
    wi-eon the top
    저는 종이 에 사자를 그리고 있습니다.Jeoneun jong'i wie sajareul geurigo itseumnida.I am painting a lion on a paper.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?wi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wi
McCune–Reischauer?wi
Yale Romanization?wi

Noun

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(wi) (hanja )

  1. stomach
    Synonym: 위장(胃臟) (wijang)
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?wi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wi
McCune–Reischauer?wi
Yale Romanization?wi

Noun

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(wi) (hanja )

  1. status, position
    Synonym: 지위(地位) (jiwi)

Counter

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(wi) (hanja )

  1. rank, place
    Synonym: 등(等) (deung)

Derived terms

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Etymology 4

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?wi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wi
McCune–Reischauer?wi
Yale Romanization?wi

Noun

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(wi) (hanja )

  1. (geography) Short for 위도(緯度) (wido, latitude).
    Antonym: 경(經) (gyeong, longitude)
Derived terms
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Etymology 5

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?wi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?wi
McCune–Reischauer?wi
Yale Romanization?wi

Suffix

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—위 (-wi) (hanja )

  1. Short for 위원회(委員會) (wiwonhoe, committee).
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Etymology 6

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(wi)

Middle Korean

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Etymology

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Probably imitative. Compare English oi, Japanese おい (oi).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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(wǔy) (Idu script or )

  1. An interjection which appears in certain poems.
    • 1330, 안축/安軸 [An Chuk], 關東別曲/관동별곡 [Gwandong byeolgok, Song of the Lands East of the Pass]:
      (위〯) (ᄉᆞ〯)(ᄒᆡ〯) ()(하〯) (업〯)(두〮)舍叱()(다〮)
      WǓY SǑ.HǑY THYÈN.HǍ ĚP.TWÚ.SYÀS.TÁ
      O, it does not exist [anywhere else] between the four seas under Heaven!
    • 16th century [14th century?], “[思母曲/사모곡] [Jeongseok-ga]”, in 樂章歌詞/악장가사 [Akjang gasa]:
      아바님도 어이어신 마ᄅᆞᄂᆞᆫ
      덩더둥셩
      어마님 ᄀᆞ티 괴시리 업세라
      apa-nim-two ei-Gesin malonon
      wuy tengtetwungsyeng
      ema-nim kothi kwoysil_i epseyla
      My father is my parent, too
      wuy tengtetwungsyeng
      But there is none to love me like my mother does.