휘

휘 U+D718, 휘 HANGUL SYLLABLE HWI Composition: ㅎ + ㅟ ← 휗 [U+D717] Hangul Syllables 휙 → [U+D719]

휘휙휚휛휜휝휞 휟휠휡휢휣휤휥 휦휧휨휩휪휫휬 휭휮휯휰휱휲휳
훼 ←	→ 휴

Korean

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hɥi] ~ [hy]
• Phonetic hangul: [휘]

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

Ideophone

휘 • (hwi)

1. (onomatopoeia) swooshing, whooshing, whistling, whizzing, sweeping (look, glance)

See also

• 휘파람 (hwiparam, “whistling”)

Etymology 2

First attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677, as Early Modern Korean 휘 (Yale: hwuy). Supposedly borrowed from Chinese 斛 (hú).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hɥi] ~ [hy]
• Phonetic hangul: [휘]

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

Noun

휘 • (hwi)

1. (historical) a vessel used to measure grain containing 15-20 말.

Etymology 3

Noun

휘 • (hwi) (hanja 膾)

1. Gyeongsang form of 회(膾) (hoe, “hoe, kuai”)

Etymology 4

Noun

휘 • (hwi) (hanja 蛔)

1. Gyeongsang form of 회(蛔) (hoe, “roundworm”)

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

휘 (hwi)

More information

1. 翚:

   (MC reading: 翚)

2. 幑:

   (MC reading: 幑 (MC xjw+j))

3. 煇:

   (MC reading: 煇 (MC xjw+j|hwon|hwonX))

4. 彙:

   (MC reading: 彙 (MC hjw+jH))

5. 輝:

   (MC reading: 輝 (MC xjw+j))

6. 翬:

   (MC reading: 翬 (MC xjw+j))

7. 撝:

   (MC reading: 撝 (MC xjwe))

8. 暉:

   (MC reading: 暉 (MC xjw+j))

9. 麾:

   (MC reading: 麾 (MC xjwe))

10. 戲:

    (MC reading: 戲 (MC xje|xu|xjeH))

11. 諱:

    (MC reading: 諱 (MC xjw+jH))

12. 揮:

    (MC reading: 揮 (MC xjw+j))

13. 徽:

    (MC reading: 徽 (MC xjw+j))