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

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).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
• Phonetic hangul: [위]

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.

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.

Sino-Korean word from 胃.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
• Phonetic hangul: [위]

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

위 • (wi) (hanja 胃)

1. stomach

   Synonym: 위장(胃臟) (wijang)

• See the hanja entry at 胃 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (胃, wi).

Sino-Korean word from 位.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
• Phonetic hangul: [위]

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

위 • (wi) (hanja 位)

1. status, position

   Synonym: 지위(地位) (jiwi)

위 • (wi) (hanja 位)

1. rank, place

   Synonym: 등(等) (deung)

• See the hanja entry at 位 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (位, wi).

Sino-Korean word from 緯.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
• Phonetic hangul: [위]

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

위 • (wi) (hanja 緯)

1. (geography) Short for 위도(緯度) (wido, “latitude”).

   Antonym: 경(經) (gyeong, “longitude”)

• See the hanja entry at 緯 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (緯, wi).

Sino-Korean word from 委.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
• Phonetic hangul: [위]

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

—위 • (-wi) (hanja 委)

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

• See the hanja entry at 委 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (委, wi).

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

위 (wi)

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

• IPA^(key): /ǔj/

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.