왜

왜

왜 U+C65C, 왜 HANGUL SYLLABLE WAE Composition: ㅇ + ㅙ Dubeolsik input: d-h-o ← 왛 [U+C65B] Hangul Syllables 왝 → [U+C65D]

Korean

왜

Etymology 1

왜왝왞왟왠왡왢 왣왤왥왦왧왨왩 왪왫왬왭왮왯왰 왱왲왳왴왵왶왷
와 ←	→ 외

Syllable

왜 • (wae)

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

Etymology 2

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[we̞ː]
• Phonetic Hangul[왜]

Revised Romanization? wae Revised Romanization (translit.)? wae McCune–Reischauer? wae Yale Romanization? wāy

Adverb

왜 • (wae)

1. why

   너는 이 가수를 왜 좋아하지?

   Neoneun i gasureul wae joahaji?

   Why do you like this singer?

   그것으로는 네가 왜 전화를 안 했는지 설명이 안 돼.

   Geugeoseuroneun nega wae jeonhwareul an haenneunji seolmyeong-i an dwae.

   That doesn't explain why you didn't phone.

Synonyms

• 어째서 (eojjaeseo)

Derived terms

• 왜케 (waeke)

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

왜 (wae)

1. 倭:

   (MC reading: 倭 (MC ʔˠiuᴇ, ʔuɑ, ʔuɑ^X))

2. 娃:

   (MC reading: 娃 (MC ʔˠɛ))

3. 歪:

   (MC reading: 歪)

4. 矮:

   (MC reading: 矮 (MC ʔˠɛ^X))

5. 媧:

   (MC reading: 媧 (MC kˠuɛ, kˠua))

6. 蛙:

   (MC reading: 蛙 (MC ʔˠuɛ, ʔˠua))

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2015). Table of Hanja for Personal Names (인명용한자표, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo).