우
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우욱욲욳운욵욶 욷울욹욺욻욼욽 욾욿움웁웂웃웄 웅웆웇웈웉웊웋 | |
요 ← | → 워 |
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Jeju edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Korean 웋 (wùh), from Old Korean 上只 (*WUk). Cognate with Korean 위 (wi).
Pronunciation edit
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | u |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | u |
Yale Romanization? | wu |
Noun edit
우 (u)
- above, upper, upside, top
- Antonym: 알레 (alle)
- 우ᄁᆞ장 ― u-kkawjang ― to the top
- 우로 ― u-ro ― toward the top
- 우부떠 ― u-butteo ― from the top
- 우의 ― u-ui ― on the top
- 2011 January 18, 양전형 [yangjeonhyeong], “곱음재기 허멍 놈의 집 눌덜 다 멜라불곡 담 헤싸블곡 (2011년1월15일자) [gobeumjaegi heomeong nomui jip nuldeol da mellabulgok dam hessabeulgok (2011nyeon1wol15ilja)]”, in 제주어보전회 [jejueobojeonhoe, Jeju Preservation Society][1]:
- 2020, Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady, Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, , →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 260:
Derived terms edit
- 우착 (uchak)
Korean edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Korean 웋 (wùh), from Old Korean 上只 (*WUk).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [u]
- Phonetic hangul: [우]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | u |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | u |
McCune–Reischauer? | u |
Yale Romanization? | wu |
Noun edit
South Korean Standard Language |
위 (wi) |
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North Korean Standard Language |
우 (u) |
우 • (u)
- Alternative form of 위 (wi, “top, above”).
- 2004 October 10, “구름우에 솟은 《왕》들의 집13개의 분교 [The House of "Kings", Soaring Above the Clouds]”, in KCNA[2], archived from the original on 23 June 2009:
Usage notes edit
- This form is considered standard in North Korea and dialectal in South Korea, despite being common in South Korean dialects as well. The opposite is true for 위 (wi).
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Korean word from 右 (“right-side”).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [u(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [우(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | u |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | u |
McCune–Reischauer? | u |
Yale Romanization? | wū |
Noun edit
우 • (u)
Usage notes edit
- Commonly written in hanja in news headlines, even in contemporary text otherwise devoid of Chinese characters.
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 右 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (右, u).
Etymology 3 edit
Sino-Korean word from 愚 (“foolish”).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [u]
- Phonetic hangul: [우]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | u |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | u |
McCune–Reischauer? | u |
Yale Romanization? | wu |
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 愚 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (愚, u).
Etymology 4 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [u]
- Phonetic hangul: [우]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | u |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | u |
McCune–Reischauer? | u |
Yale Romanization? | wu |
Ideophone edit
우 • (u)
- Conveys forceful collective movement, e.g. of crowds or gusts.
Derived terms edit
- 우우 (uu)
Etymology 5 edit
Sino-Korean word from 優 (“excellent”).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [u]
- Phonetic hangul: [우]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | u |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | u |
McCune–Reischauer? | u |
Yale Romanization? | wu |
Noun edit
- The second-highest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to B in the Roman alphabet grading scheme.
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 優 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (優, u).
Etymology 6 edit
Sino-Korean word from 又.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [u(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [우(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | u |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | u |
McCune–Reischauer? | u |
Yale Romanization? | wū |
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 又 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (又, u).
Etymology 7 edit
Sino-Korean word from 羽 (“fifth note in the pentatonic scale”).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [u(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [우(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | u |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | u |
McCune–Reischauer? | u |
Yale Romanization? | wū |
Noun edit
- (music) the fifth note in the pentatonic scale of East Asian classical music, equivalent to la
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 羽 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (羽, u).
Etymology 8 edit
Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable edit
우 (u)
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