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U+D718, 휘
HANGUL SYLLABLE HWI
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Hangul Syllables




훼 ←→ 휴

Korean

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwi
McCune–Reischauer?hwi
Yale Romanization?hwi

Ideophone

(hwi)

  1. (onomatopoeia) swooshing, whooshing, whistling, whizzing, sweeping (look, glance)
See also

Etymology 2

First attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677, as Early Modern Korean  (Yale: hwuy). Supposedly borrowed from Chinese ().

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hwi
McCune–Reischauer?hwi
Yale Romanization?hwi

Noun

(hwi)

  1. (historical) a vessel used to measure grain containing 15-20 .

Etymology 3

Noun

(hwi) (hanja )

  1. Gyeongsang form of 회(膾) (hoe, hoe, kuai)

Etymology 4

Noun

(hwi) (hanja )

  1. Gyeongsang form of 회(蛔) (hoe, roundworm)

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

(hwi)