피

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

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

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

• 血 (hyeol), the hanja for "blood"

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

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

피 • (pi)

1. cockspur grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)

   Synonym: 제패(稊稗) (jepae)

• 참새피 (chamsaepi, “crowngrass”)

Borrowed from English pee.

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

피 • (pi)

1. The name of the Latin script letter P/p.

• Latin script letter names: 에이 (ei) · 비 (bi) · 시 (si)/씨 (ssi) · 디 (di) · 이 (i) · 에프 (epeu) · 지 (ji) · 에이치 (eichi) · 아이 (ai) · 제이 (jei) · 케이 (kei) · 엘 (el) · 엠 (em) · 엔 (en) · 오 (o) · 피 (pi) · 큐 (kyu) · 아르 (areu)/알 (al) · 에스 (eseu) · 티 (ti) · 유 (yu) · 브이 (beu'i) · 더블유 (deobeuryu) · 엑스 (ekseu) · 와이 (wai) · 제트 (jeteu)/지 (ji) ^[edit]

From Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

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

피 • (pi)

1. phi (name of the Greek, Ancient Greek letter φ)

• Greek script letter names: 알파 (alpa) · 베타 (beta) · 감마 (gamma) · 델타 (delta) · 엡실론 (epsillon) · 제타 (jeta) · 에타 (eta) · 테타 (teta) · 요타 (yota) · 카파 (kapa) · 람다 (ramda) · 뮤 (myu) · 뉴 (nyu) · 크시 (keusi) · 오미크론 (omikeuron) · 파이 (pai) · 로 (ro) · 시그마 (sigeuma) · 타우 (tau) · 입실론 (ipsillon) · 피 (pi) · 키 (ki) · 프시 (peusi) · 오메가 (omega) ^[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 被.

• (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.

피— • (pi-) (hanja 被)

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

   피실험자 (被實驗者)

   test subject

   피지배국 (被支配國)

   [the] subjugated country

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

피 • (pi)

2. (hanafuda) A hwatu playing card of the lowest rank, usually depicting only the plant corresponding to the card's suit.

   Coordinate terms: 광 (gwang), 열끗 (yeolkkeut), 띠 (tti)

• 쌍피 (ssangpi)

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

피 • (pi)

• IPA^(key): /pʰí/

피〮 (phí) (locative 피〮예〮 (phí-yéy))

1. blood

• Korean: 피 (pi)