피

Korean

Etymology 1

피픽픾픿핀핁핂 핃필핅핆핇핈핉 핊핋핌핍핎핏핐 핑핒핓핔핕핖핗
픠 ←	→ 하

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 피 • (pi)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅍ and ㅣ.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	pi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	pi
McCune–Reischauer?	p'i
Yale Romanization?	phi

Noun

피 • (pi)

1. blood

   피는 골수에서 만들어진다.

   pineun golsueseo mandeureojinda.

   Blood is produced in the bone marrow.

   피가 심장을 거쳐 대뇌, 눈알, 손, 발끝까지 순환하는게 느껴진다.

   piga simjang'eul geocheo daenoe, nunal, son, balkkeutkkaji sunhwanhaneun'ge neukkyeojinda.

   I can feel blood circulating through the heart to the cerebrum, eyeballs, hands and toes.

2. kinship, consanguinity

Synonyms

• 혈액 (血液, hyeoraek, “blood fluid”)
• 혈통 (血統, hyeoltong, “bloodline”)

Derived terms

• 피고름 (pigoreum): bloody pus
• 피나다 (pinada): to bleed
• 피눈물 (pinunmul): tears of agony
• 피돌기 (pidolgi): circulation of blood
• 피딱지 (pittakji): clotted blood
• 피땀 (pittam): blood and sweat
• 피똥 (pittong): bloody excrement
• 피흘리다 (piheullida): to bleed

핏- (pit-)

• 핏기 (pitgi): complexion
• 핏대 (pitdae): vein, blood vessel
• 핏덩이 (pitdeong'i): gore, clotted blood; newborn baby
• 핏발 (pitbal): congestion
• 핏자국 (pitjaguk): bloodstain
• 핏줄 (pitjul): vein, blood vessel, blood lineage