위험

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 危險, from 危 (“hazardous”) + 險 (“precipitous”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɥiɦʌ̹m] ~ [yɦʌ̹m]
• Phonetic hangul: [위험]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	wiheom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	wiheom
McCune–Reischauer?	wihŏm
Yale Romanization?	wihem

Noun

위험 • (wiheom) (hanja 危險)

1. danger

Derived terms

• 위험성 (wiheomseong, “riskiness”)
• 위험관리 (wiheomgwalli, “risk management”)
• 위험하다 (wiheomhada, “to be dangerous”)