우
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[edit] Korean
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Syllable
우 (transliterations: Revised u, Yale wu)
[edit] Usage notes
[edit] Etymology 2
Of native Korean origin.
[edit] Adverb
우 (u)
[edit] Noun
우 (u)
- the name of the hangeul vowel ㅜ (u)
- (North Korea) above; top
- 2004 October 10, "구름우에 솟은 《왕》들의 집-13개의 분교" (The House of "Kings", Soaring Above the Clouds), KCNA[1]:
- 이곳에서 내려다보면 마치 구름우에 분교와 마을이 둥둥 떠있는것만 같다.
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- igos-eseo naeryeodabomyeon machi gureum-u-e bun-gyo-wa ma-eur-i dungdung tteo-inneun-geon-man gatda.
- Looking down from here, it looks just like the schoolhouse and the village are floating separately above the clouds.
- igos-eseo naeryeodabomyeon machi gureum-u-e bun-gyo-wa ma-eur-i dungdung tteo-inneun-geon-man gatda.
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- 이곳에서 내려다보면 마치 구름우에 분교와 마을이 둥둥 떠있는것만 같다.
- 2004 October 10, "구름우에 솟은 《왕》들의 집-13개의 분교" (The House of "Kings", Soaring Above the Clouds), KCNA[1]:
[edit] Alternative forms
- (above): 위 (wi) (South Korea)
[edit] Etymology 3
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
[edit] Noun
우 (u, hanja 右)
- the right side
우 (u, hanja 愚)
우 (u, hanja 優)
우 (u, hanja 羽)
- the fifth note in the pentatonic scale; la