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U+ADC0, 귀
HANGUL SYLLABLE GWI
Composition: +
궿
[U+ADBF]
Hangul Syllables
[U+ADC1]




궤 ←→ 규

Korean

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Etymology 1

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First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean  (Yale: *kwúy).

In the hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 귀〮 (Yale: kwúy).

(gwi, “ear”)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwi
McCune–Reischauer?kwi
Yale Romanization?kwi
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 에 /

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch and also heightens the next suffixed syllable, unless it is 에.

Noun

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(gwi)

  1. ear, auricle
    듣고 다른 흘리다.
    Han gwiro deutgo dareun gwiro heullida.
    To go in one ear and out the other.
    읽기
    soegwi-e gyeong ilgi
    As useless as reciting a sutra to the ears of a cow.
    걸면 ()고리, 걸면 ()고리.
    Gwi-e geolmyeon gwi(et)gori, ko-e geolmyeon ko(et)gori.
    As indiscreet as applying a ring to the ear and to the nose alike.
  2. spout, lip (for pouring)
  3. corner, edge, protrusion
  4. eye of a needle
Derived terms
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  • 귀걸이 (gwigeori, “earring”)
  • 귀때 (gwittae, “spout”)
  • 귓가 (gwitga, “outer ear; pinna”)
  • 귓구멍 (gwitgumeong, “ear canal”)
  • 귓바퀴 (gwitbakwi, “auricle”)
  • 귓밥 (gwitbap, “thickness of the earlobe”)
  • 귓병 (gwitbyeong, “earache”)
  • 귓불 (gwitbul, “earlobe”)
  • 귓속 (gwitsok, “inner ear”)
  • 귓전 (gwitjeon, “outer ear”)
  • 귓집 (gwitjip, “earflap”)
  • 말귀 (malgwi, “ear, understanding”)
  • 바늘귀 (baneulgwi, “eye of a needle”)
  • 쇠귀 (soegwi, “cow's ear”)
See also
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Etymology 2

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(gwi)

Middle Korean

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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귀〮 (kwúy) (locative 귀예〮 (kwùy-yéy))

  1. ear

Descendants

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  • Korean: (gwi)