위

위 U+C704, 위
HANGUL SYLLABLE WI
Composition:ㅇ + ㅟ
Dubeolsik input:d-n-l
← 윃
[U+C703] 		Hangul Syllables 윅 →
[U+C705]

Korean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[ɥi] ~ [y]
  • Phonetic Hangul[위]
Revised Romanization? wi
Revised Romanization (translit.)? wi
McCune–Reischauer? wi
Yale Romanization? wi

Etymology 1

위윅윆윇윈윉윊
윋윌윍윎윏윐윑
윒윓윔윕윖윗윘
윙윚윛윜윝윞윟
웨 ←→ 유

Syllable

위 • (wi)

  1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ and ㅟ.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • 우 (u) (North Korea)
  • 욷 (ut)
  • 웁 (up)
  • 웃 (ut)

Noun

위 • (wi)

  1. above, upper, upside, top
    위까지 ― wi-kkaji ― to the top
    위로 ― wi-ro ― toward the top
    위부터 ― wi-buteo ― from the top
    위에 ― wi-e ― on the top
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • 윗- (wit-)
  • 우두머리 (udumeori, “chieftain”)
  • 우듬지 (udeumji, “treetop”)
  • 우뚝 (uttuk, “upright”)
  • 웃어른 (useoreun, “elder”)
  • 웁쌀 (upssal, “boiled rice on top of minor cereals”)
  • 으뜸 (eutteum, “topmost”)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

위 (wi)

  1. 位, 倭, 偉, 偽, 僞, 危, 厃, 叞, 喟, 噅, 噕, 囗, 囲, 圍, 委, 威, 幃, 慰, 暐, 渭, 為, 煒, 熨, 爲, 瑋, 痿, 緯, 胃, 萎, 葦, 葳, 蒍, 蔚, 蔿, 蝟, 衛, 衞, 袆, 褘, 諉, 謂, 逶, 違, 闈, 韋, 韙, 韡, 餧, 魏
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