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)

          More information
          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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