위

Character	위
Hangul Syllables	U+C704
Composition	ㅇ + ㅟ
Dubeolsik keyboard entry	d-n-l

Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA: /y/

Etymology 1

위 윅 윆 윇 윈 윉 윊 윋 윌 윍 윎 윏 윐 윑 윒 윓 윔 윕 윖 윗 윘 윙 윚 윛 윜 윝 윞 윟
웨 ←	유 →

Syllable

위 (transliterations: Revised wi, McCune–Reischauer , Yale wi)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ and ㅟ.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• 우 (u) (North Korea)
• 욷 (ut)
• 웁 (up)
• 웃 (ut)

Noun

위 (wi)

1. above, upper, upside, top

   위까지

   wi-kkaji

   to the top

   위로

   wi-ro

   toward the top

   위부터

   wi-buteo

   from the top

   위에

   wi-e

   on the top

Synonyms

• 상 (sang, 上)

Antonyms

• 밑 (mit)
• 아래 (arae)
• 하 (ha, 下)

Derived terms

• 윗- (wit-)

Related terms

• 우두머리 (udumeori, “chieftain”)
• 우듬지 (udeumji, “treetop”)
• 우뚝 (uttuk, “upright”)
• 웃어른 (useoreun, “elder”)
• 웁쌀 (upssal, “boiled rice on top of minor cereals”)
• 으뜸 (eutteum, “topmost”)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

위 (wi)

1. 位, 倭, 偉, 偽, 僞, 危, 厃, 叞, 喟, 噅, 噕, 囗, 囲, 圍, 委, 威, 幃, 慰, 暐, 渭, 為, 煒, 熨, 爲, 瑋, 痿, 緯, 胃, 萎, 葦, 葳, 蒍, 蔚, 蔿, 蝟, 衛, 衞, 袆, 褘, 諉, 謂, 逶, 違, 闈, 韋, 韙, 韡, 餧, 魏