귀

귀 U+ADC0, 귀
HANGUL SYLLABLE GWI
Composition:ㄱ + ㅟ
← 궿
[U+ADBF] 		Hangul Syllables 귁 →
[U+ADC1]
귀귁귂귃귄귅귆
귇귈귉귊귋귌귍
귎귏귐귑귒귓귔
귕귖귗귘귙귚귛
궤 ←→ 규

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 愧 (Yale: *kwúy).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 귀〮 (Yale: kwúy).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwi
McCune–Reischauer?kwi
Yale Romanization?kwi
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 귀의 / 귀에 / 귀까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

귀 • (gwi)

  1. ear, auricle
    한 귀로 듣고 다른 귀로 흘리다.
    Han gwiro deutgo dareun gwiro heullida.
    To go in one ear and out the other.
    쇠귀에 경 읽기
    soegwi-e gyeong ilgi
    As useless as reciting a sutra to the ears of a cow.
    귀에 걸면 귀(엣)고리, 코에 걸면 코(엣)고리.
    Gwi-e geolmyeon gwi(et)gori, ko-e geolmyeon ko(et)gori.
    As indiscreet as applying a ring to the ear and to the nose alike.
  2. spout, lip (for pouring)
  3. corner, edge, protrusion
  4. eye of a needle
Derived terms
  • 귀걸이 (gwigeori, “earring”)
  • 귀때 (gwittae, “spout”)
  • 귓가 (gwitga, “outer ear; pinna”)
  • 귓구멍 (gwitgumeong, “ear canal”)
  • 귓바퀴 (gwitbakwi, “auricle”)
  • 귓밥 (gwitbap, “thickness of the earlobe”)
  • 귓병 (gwitbyeong, “earache”)
  • 귓불 (gwitbul, “earlobe”)
  • 귓속 (gwitsok, “inner ear”)
  • 귓전 (gwitjeon, “outer ear”)
  • 귓집 (gwitjip, “earflap”)
  • 말귀 (malgwi, “ear, understanding”)
  • 바늘귀 (baneulgwi, “eye of a needle”)
  • 쇠귀 (soegwi, “cow's ear”)
See also

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

귀 • (gwi)

More information
  1. 貴: precious; superior
    (eumhun reading: 귀할 귀 (gwihal gwi))
    (MC reading: 貴 (MC kjw+jH))
  2. 歸: to return
    (eumhun reading: 돌아갈 귀 (doragal gwi))
    (MC reading: 歸 (MC kjw+j))
  3. 鬼: ghost, spirit
    (eumhun reading: 귀신 귀 (gwisin gwi))
    (MC reading: 鬼 (MC kjw+jX))
  4. 句: sentence
    (eumhun reading: 글귀 귀 (geulgwi gwi))
    (MC reading: 句 (MC gju|kuw|kjuH|kuwH))
  5. 晷: sundial
    (MC reading: 晷 (MC kwijX))
  6. 䤥:
    (MC reading: 䤥 (MC kjweX))
  7. 龜: turtle
    (eumhun reading: 거북 귀 (geobuk gwi))
    (MC reading: 龜 (MC kwij))
  8. 亀: alternative form of 龜
    (MC reading: 亀)
  9. 勾: alternative form of 句
    (MC reading: 勾 (MC kuw|kuwH))
  10. 帰: alternative form of 歸
    (MC reading: 帰)
  11. 劌:
    (MC reading: 劌 (MC kjwejH))
  12. 櫷:
    (MC reading: 櫷)

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kúj/

Noun

귀〮 (kwúy) (locative 귀예〮 (kwùy-yéy))

  1. ear

Descendants

  • Korean: 귀 (gwi)
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