위
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KoreanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
| 위윅윆윇윈윉윊 윋윌윍윎윏윐윑 윒윓윔윕윖윗윘 윙윚윛윜윝윞윟 | |
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PronunciationEdit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
- Phonetic hangeul: [위]
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SyllableEdit
위 • (wi)
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Korean 웋 (wuh), from Old Korean 上只 (*WUk).
First Hangul attestation: First attested in the Yongbi eocheonga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 웋 (Yale: wuh).
PronunciationEdit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
- Phonetic hangeul: [위]
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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.
Alternative formsEdit
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
AntonymsEdit
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)
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