귀

귀 U+ADC0, 귀 HANGUL SYLLABLE GWI Composition: ㄱ + ㅟ ← 궿 [U+ADBF] Hangul Syllables 귁 → [U+ADC1]

귀귁귂귃귄귅귆 귇귈귉귊귋귌귍 귎귏귐귑귒귓귔 귕귖귗귘귙귚귛
궤 ←	→ 규

Korean

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귀

두개골

뇌

눈

입술

코

입

턱

귀

관자놀이

목

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Etymology 1

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

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

귀 (gwi, “ear”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɥi] ~ [ky]
• Phonetic hangul: [귀]

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

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 귀의 / 귀에 / 귀까지

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

Noun

귀 • (gwi)

1. ear, auricle

   한 귀로 듣고 다른 귀로 흘리다.

   Han gwiro deutgo dareun gwiro heullida.

   To go in one ear and out the other.

   쇠귀에 경 읽기

   soegwi-e gyeong ilgi

   As useless as reciting a sutra to the ears of a cow.

   귀에 걸면 귀(엣)고리, 코에 걸면 코(엣)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

• 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

• 耳 (i), the hanja for "ear"

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

귀 (gwi)

More information

1. 貴: precious; superior

   (eumhun reading: 귀할 귀 (gwihal gwi))
   (MC reading: 貴 (MC kjw+jH))

2. 歸: to return

   (eumhun reading: 돌아갈 귀 (doragal gwi))
   (MC reading: 歸 (MC kjw+j))

3. 鬼: ghost, spirit

   (eumhun reading: 귀신 귀 (gwisin gwi))
   (MC reading: 鬼 (MC kjw+jX))

4. 句: sentence

   (eumhun reading: 글귀 귀 (geulgwi gwi))
   (MC reading: 句 (MC gju|kuw|kjuH|kuwH))

5. 晷: sundial

   (MC reading: 晷 (MC kwijX))

6. 䤥:

   (MC reading: 䤥 (MC kjweX))

7. 龜: turtle

   (eumhun reading: 거북 귀 (geobuk gwi))
   (MC reading: 龜 (MC kwij))

8. 亀: Alternative form of 龜

   (MC reading: 亀)

9. 勾: Alternative form of 句

   (MC reading: 勾 (MC kuw|kuwH))

10. 帰: Alternative form of 歸

    (MC reading: 帰)

11. 劌:

    (MC reading: 劌 (MC kjwejH))

12. 櫷:

    (MC reading: 櫷)

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kúj/

Noun

귀〮 (kwúy) (locative 귀예〮 (kwùy-yéy))

1. ear

Descendants

• Korean: 귀 (gwi)