위

위	U+C704, 위 HANGUL SYLLABLE WI

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

← 윃
[U+C703]

Hangul Syllables

윅 →
[U+C705]

KoreanEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
Phonetic hangeul: [위]

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

Etymology 1Edit

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

SyllableEdit

위 • (wi)

A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ and ㅟ.

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

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

NounEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

상 (上, sang)

AntonymsEdit

밑 (mit)
아래 (arae)
하 (下, ha)

Derived termsEdit

윗- (wit-)

Related termsEdit

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 3Edit

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

SyllableEdit

위 (wi)

Extended content

位:
(MC reading: 位 (MC ɦˠiuɪ^H))
倭:
(MC reading: 倭 (MC ʔˠiuᴇ, ʔuɑ, ʔuɑ^X))
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))