위

위	U+C704, 위 HANGUL SYLLABLE WI

Composition:	ㅇ + ㅟ
Dubeolsik input:	d-n-l

← 윃
[U+C703]

Hangul Syllables

윅 →
[U+C705]

웨 ←	→ 유
위윅 윆 윇 윈 윉 윊 윋 윌 윍 윎 윏 윐 윑 윒 윓 윔 윕 윖 윗 윘 윙 윚 윛 윜 윝 윞 윟

KoreanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Korean 웋 (wùh), from Old Korean 上只 (*WUk).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 웋 (Yale: wùh).

PronunciationEdit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
Phonetic hangul: [위]

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

South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 위의 / 위에 / 위까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.

NounEdit

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

위 • (wi)

above, upper, upside, top
위까지
wikkaji
to the top

위로
wiro
toward the top

위부터
wibuteo
from the top

위에
wie
on the top

Antonym: 아래 (arae)

Derived termsEdit

물위 (murwi)
손위 (sonwi)
아래위 (araewi)
위아래 (wiarae)
위쪽 (wijjok)
위층 (wicheung)
위턱 (witeok)
위팔 (wipal)
윗 (wit)

Etymology 2Edit

Sino-Korean word from 胃.

PronunciationEdit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
Phonetic hangul: [위]

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

NounEdit

위 • (wi) (hanja 胃)

stomach
Synonym: 위장(胃臟) (wijang)

Derived termsEdit

See the hanja entry at 胃 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (胃, wi).

Etymology 3Edit

Sino-Korean word from 位.

PronunciationEdit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
Phonetic hangul: [위]

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

NounEdit

위 • (wi) (hanja 位)

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

CounterEdit

위 • (wi) (hanja 位)

rank, place
Synonym: 등(等) (deung)

Derived termsEdit

See the hanja entry at 位 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (位, wi).

Etymology 4Edit

Sino-Korean word from 緯.

PronunciationEdit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
Phonetic hangul: [위]

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

NounEdit

위 • (wi) (hanja 緯)

(geography) Short for 위도(緯度) (wido, “latitude”).
Antonym: 경(經) (gyeong, “longitude”)

Derived termsEdit

See the hanja entry at 緯 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (緯, wi).

Etymology 5Edit

Sino-Korean word from 委.

PronunciationEdit

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
Phonetic hangul: [위]

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

SuffixEdit

—위 • (-wi) (hanja 委)

Short for 위원회(委員會) (wiwonhoe, “committee”).

Derived termsEdit

See the hanja entry at 委 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (委, wi).

Etymology 6Edit

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

SyllableEdit

위 (wi)

Extended content

位:
(MC reading: 位 (MC ɦˠiuɪ^H))
倭:
(MC reading: 倭 (MC ʔˠiuᴇ))
偉:
(MC reading: 偉 (MC ɦʉi^X))
偽:
(MC reading: 偽 (MC ŋˠiuᴇ^H))
僞:
(MC reading: 僞 (MC ŋˠiuᴇ^H))
危:
(MC reading: 危 (MC ŋˠiuᴇ))
厃:
(MC reading: 厃 (MC t͡ɕiᴇm))
叞:
(MC reading: 叞)
喟:
(MC reading: 喟 (MC kʰˠiuɪ^H, kʰˠuɛi^H))
噅:
(MC reading: 噅 (MC hˠiuᴇ))
噕:
(MC reading: 噕)
囗:
(MC reading: 囗 (MC ɦʉi))
囲:
(MC reading: 囲)
圍:
(MC reading: 圍 (MC ɦʉi, ɦʉi^H))
委:
(MC reading: 委 (MC ʔˠiuᴇ, ʔˠiuᴇ^X))
威:
(MC reading: 威 (MC ʔʉi))
幃:
(MC reading: 幃 (MC ɦʉi))
慰:
(MC reading: 慰 (MC ʔʉi^H))
暐:
(MC reading: 暐 (MC ɦʉi^X))
渭:
(MC reading: 渭 (MC ɦʉi^H))
為:
(MC reading: 為 (MC ɦˠiuᴇ, ɦˠiuᴇ^H))
煒:
(MC reading: 煒 (MC ɦʉi^X))
熨:
(MC reading: 熨 (MC ʔʉi^H, ʔɨut̚))
爲:
(MC reading: 爲 (MC ɦˠiuᴇ, ɦˠiuᴇ^H))
瑋:
(MC reading: 瑋 (MC ɦʉi^X))
痿:
(MC reading: 痿 (MC ʔˠiuᴇ, ȵiuᴇ))
緯:
(MC reading: 緯 (MC ɦʉi^H))
胃:
(MC reading: 胃 (MC ɦʉi^H))
萎:
(MC reading: 萎 (MC ʔˠiuᴇ, ʔˠiuᴇ^H))
葦:
(MC reading: 葦 (MC ɦʉi^X))
葳:
(MC reading: 葳 (MC ʔʉi))
蒍:
(MC reading: 蒍 (MC ɦˠiuᴇ^X))
蔚:
(MC reading: 蔚 (MC ʔʉi^H, ʔɨut̚))
蔿:
(MC reading: 蔿)
蝟:
(MC reading: 蝟 (MC ɦʉi^H))
衛:
(MC reading: 衛 (MC ɦˠiuᴇi^H))
衞:
(MC reading: 衞 (MC ɦˠiuᴇi^H))
袆:
(MC reading: 袆)
褘:
(MC reading: 褘 (MC hʉi))
諉:
(MC reading: 諉 (MC ɳˠiuᴇ^H))
謂:
(MC reading: 謂 (MC ɦʉi^H))
逶:
(MC reading: 逶 (MC ʔˠiuᴇ))
違:
(MC reading: 違 (MC ɦʉi))
闈:
(MC reading: 闈 (MC ɦʉi))
韋:
(MC reading: 韋 (MC ɦʉi))
韙:
(MC reading: 韙 (MC ɦʉi^X))
韡:
(MC reading: 韡 (MC ɦʉi^X))
餧:
(MC reading: 餧 (MC nuʌi^X, ʔˠiuᴇ^H))
魏:
(MC reading: 魏 (MC ŋʉi^H))

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