피

피 U+D53C, 피 HANGUL SYLLABLE PI Composition: ㅍ + ㅣ ← 픻 [U+D53B] Hangul Syllables 픽 → [U+D53D]

피픽픾픿핀핁핂 핃필핅핆핇핈핉 핊핋핌핍핎핏핐 핑핒핓핔핕핖핗
픠 ←	→ 하

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Worin cheon'gangjigok (月印千江之曲 / 월인천강지곡), 1449, as Middle Korean 피〮 (Yale: phí).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [피]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pi
McCune–Reischauer?	p'i
Yale Romanization?	phi

Noun

피 • (pi)

1. blood (bodily fluid)

   Synonym: 혈액(血液) (hyeoraek, “blood (bodily fluid)”)

   피가 나다 ― pi-ga nada ― to bleed

2. (figurative) kinship, consanguinity

   Synonym: 혈통(血統) (hyeoltong, “bloodline”)

3. (video games) health point

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 피고름 (pigoreum)
• 피나다 (pinada)
• 피눈물 (pinunmul)
• 피돌기 (pidolgi)
• 피딱지 (pittakji)
• 피땀 (pittam)
• 피똥 (pittong)
• 핏기 (pitgi)
• 핏대 (pitdae)
• 핏덩이 (pitdeong'i)
• 핏발 (pitbal)
• 핏자국 (pitjaguk)
• 핏줄 (pitjul)

See also

• 血 (hyeol), the hanja for "blood"

Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 피〮 (Yale: phí).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [피]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pi
McCune–Reischauer?	p'i
Yale Romanization?	phi

Noun

피 • (pi)

1. cockspur grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)

   Synonym: 제패(稊稗) (jepae)

Derived terms

• 참새피 (chamsaepi, “crowngrass”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English p.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰi]
• Phonetic hangul: [피]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pi
McCune–Reischauer?	p'i
Yale Romanization?	phi

Noun

피 • (pi)

1. The Korean reading of the Latin alphabet letter p.

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 被.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰi(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [피(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pi
McCune–Reischauer?	p'i
Yale Romanization?	phī

Prefix

피— • (pi-) (hanja 被)

1. -ed, -ee (marks the passive recipient of an action)

   피실험자 (被實驗者)

   pisilheomja ( 被 實驗者)

   test subject

   피지배국 (被支配國)

   pijibaeguk ( 被 支配國)

   [the] subjugated country

Derived terms

• See the hanja entry at 被 for Sino-Korean compounds of 피 (被, pi).

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

피 (pi)

Extended content
皮: (MC reading: 皮 (MC bje)) 彼: (MC reading: 彼 (MC pjeX)) 疲: (MC reading: 疲 (MC bje)) 被: (MC reading: 被 (MC bjeX|bjeH)) 避: (MC reading: 避 (MC bjieH)) 披: (MC reading: 披 (MC phje|phjeX)) 陂: (MC reading: 陂 (MC pje|pjeH)) 詖: (MC reading: 詖 (MC pje|pjeH)) 鞁: (MC reading: 鞁 (MC bjeH)) 髲: (MC reading: 髲 (MC bjeH))

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰí/

Noun

피〮 (phí) (locative 피〮예〮 (phí-yéy))

1. blood

Descendants

• Korean: 피 (pi)