위

위 U+C704, 위
HANGUL SYLLABLE WI
Composition:ㅇ + ㅟ
← 윃
[U+C703] 		Hangul Syllables 윅 →
[U+C705]
위윅윆윇윈윉윊
윋윌윍윎윏윐윑
윒윓윔윕윖윗윘
윙윚윛윜윝윞윟
웨 ←→ 유

Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean 웋 (wùh), from Old Korean 上只 (*WUk). Cognate with Jeju 우 (u).

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

Pronunciation
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.

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

위 • (wi)

  1. above, upper, upside, top
    Antonym: 아래 (arae)
    위까지 ― wi-kkaji ― to the top
    위로 ― wi-ro ― toward the top
    위부터 ― wi-buteo ― from the top
    위에 ― wi-e ― on the top
    저는 종이 위에 사자를 그리고 있습니다. ― Jeoneun jong'i wie sajareul geurigo itseumnida. ― I am painting a lion on a paper.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 胃.

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

Noun

위 • (wi) (hanja 胃)

  1. stomach
    Synonym: 위장(胃臟) (wijang)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 位.

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

Noun

위 • (wi) (hanja 位)

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

Counter

위 • (wi) (hanja 位)

  1. rank, place
    Synonym: 등(等) (deung)

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 緯.

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

Noun

위 • (wi) (hanja 緯)

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

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 委.

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

Suffix

—위 • (-wi) (hanja 委)

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

Etymology 6

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

위 (wi)

Extended content
  1. 位:
    (MC reading: 位 (MC hwijH))
  2. 倭:
    (MC reading: 倭 (MC 'jwe))
  3. 偉:
    (MC reading: 偉 (MC hjw+jX))
  4. 偽:
    (MC reading: 偽 (MC ngjweH))
  5. 僞:
    (MC reading: 僞 (MC ngjweH))
  6. 危:
    (MC reading: 危 (MC ngjwe))
  7. 厃:
    (MC reading: 厃 (MC tsyem))
  8. 叞:
    (MC reading: 叞)
  9. 喟:
    (MC reading: 喟 (MC khwijH|khweajH))
  10. 噅:
    (MC reading: 噅 (MC xjwe))
  11. 噕:
    (MC reading: 噕)
  12. 囗:
    (MC reading: 囗 (MC hjw+j))
  13. 囲:
    (MC reading: 囲)
  14. 圍:
    (MC reading: 圍 (MC hjw+j|hjw+jH))
  15. 委:
    (MC reading: 委 (MC 'jwe|'jweX))
  16. 威:
    (MC reading: 威 (MC 'jw+j))
  17. 幃:
    (MC reading: 幃 (MC hjw+j))
  18. 慰:
    (MC reading: 慰 (MC 'jw+jH))
  19. 暐:
    (MC reading: 暐 (MC hjw+jX))
  20. 渭:
    (MC reading: 渭 (MC hjw+jH))
  21. 為:
    (MC reading: 為 (MC hjwe|hjweH))
  22. 煒:
    (MC reading: 煒 (MC hjw+jX))
  23. 熨:
    (MC reading: 熨 (MC 'jw+jH|'jut))
  24. 爲:
    (MC reading: 爲 (MC hjwe|hjweH))
  25. 瑋:
    (MC reading: 瑋 (MC hjw+jX))
  26. 痿:
    (MC reading: 痿 (MC 'jwe|nywe))
  27. 緯:
    (MC reading: 緯 (MC hjw+jH))
  28. 胃:
    (MC reading: 胃 (MC hjw+jH))
  29. 萎:
    (MC reading: 萎 (MC 'jwe|'jweH))
  30. 葦:
    (MC reading: 葦 (MC hjw+jX))
  31. 葳:
    (MC reading: 葳 (MC 'jw+j))
  32. 蒍:
    (MC reading: 蒍 (MC hjweX))
  33. 蔚:
    (MC reading: 蔚 (MC 'jw+jH|'jut))
  34. 蔿:
    (MC reading: 蔿)
  35. 蝟:
    (MC reading: 蝟 (MC hjw+jH))
  36. 衛:
    (MC reading: 衛 (MC hjwejH))
  37. 衞:
    (MC reading: 衞 (MC hjwejH))
  38. 袆:
    (MC reading: 袆)
  39. 褘:
    (MC reading: 褘 (MC xjw+j))
  40. 諉:
    (MC reading: 諉 (MC nrjweH))
  41. 謂:
    (MC reading: 謂 (MC hjw+jH))
  42. 逶:
    (MC reading: 逶 (MC 'jwe))
  43. 違:
    (MC reading: 違 (MC hjw+j))
  44. 闈:
    (MC reading: 闈 (MC hjw+j))
  45. 韋:
    (MC reading: 韋 (MC hjw+j))
  46. 韙:
    (MC reading: 韙 (MC hjw+jX))
  47. 韡:
    (MC reading: 韡 (MC hjw+jX))
  48. 餧:
    (MC reading: 餧 (MC nwojX|'jweH))
  49. 魏:
    (MC reading: 魏 (MC ngjw+jH))

Middle Korean

Etymology

Probably imitative. Compare English oi, Japanese おい (oi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ǔj/

Interjection

위 (wǔy) (Idu script 爲 or 偉)

  1. An interjection which appears in certain poems.
    • 1330, 안축/安軸 [An Chuk], 關東別曲/관동별곡 [Gwandong byeolgok, Song of the Lands East of the Pass]:
      爲(위〯) 四(ᄉᆞ〯)海(ᄒᆡ〯) 天(텬)下(하〯) 無(업〯)豆(두〮)舍叱(샷)多(다〮)
      WǓY SǑ.HǑY THYÈN.HǍ ĚP.TWÚ.SYÀS.TÁ
      O, it does not exist [anywhere else] between the four seas under Heaven!
    • 16th century [14th century?], “[思母曲/사모곡] [Jeongseok-ga]”, in 樂章歌詞/악장가사 [Akjang gasa]:
      아바님도 어이어신 마ᄅᆞᄂᆞᆫ
      위 덩더둥셩
      어마님 ᄀᆞ티 괴시리 업세라
      apa-nim-two ei-Gesin malonon
      wuy tengtetwungsyeng
      ema-nim kothi kwoysil_i epseyla
      My father is my parent, too
      wuy tengtetwungsyeng
      But there is none to love me like my mother does.
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