"우" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: u [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Korean 웋 (wùh), from Old Korean 上只 (*WUk). Etymology templates: {{inh|ko|okm|웋|tr=wùh}} Middle Korean 웋 (wùh), {{inh|ko|oko|上只|tr=*WUk}} Old Korean 上只 (*WUk) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 우 • (u)
  1. Alternative form of 위 (wi, “top, above”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: (extra: wi, “top, above”)
    Sense id: en-우-ko-noun-7-YrQ2D0 Categories (other): Middle Korean terms with non-redundant manual transliterations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [u(ː)] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: u [romanization]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 右 (“right-side”). Etymology templates: {{l|en|Sino-Korean}} Sino-Korean, {{m|ko|右|gloss=right-side}} 右 (“right-side”), {{ko-etym-sino|右|right-side}} Sino-Korean word from 右 (“right-side”) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 우 • (u)
  1. (formal) right side Tags: formal Synonyms: 우측 (alt: 右側), 오른쪽
    Sense id: en-우-ko-noun-wOWoNtMh
  2. (politics) right wing Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: 우파 (alt: 右派), 우익 (alt: 右翼)
    Sense id: en-우-ko-noun-NBFJVLoV Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: the hanja entry at 右 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (u) (alt: )
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: u [romanization], [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 愚 (“foolish”). Etymology templates: {{anchor|愚}}, {{l|en|Sino-Korean}} Sino-Korean, {{m|ko|愚|gloss=foolish}} 愚 (“foolish”), {{ko-etym-sino|愚|foolish}} Sino-Korean word from 愚 (“foolish”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=愚}} 우 • (u) (hanja 愚)
  1. foolish mistake Derived forms: the hanja entry at 愚 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (u) (alt: )
    Sense id: en-우-ko-noun-~nbOOjIZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: u [romanization]
Head templates: {{ko-pos|ideophone}} 우 • (u)
  1. Conveys forceful collective movement, e.g. of crowds or gusts. Derived forms: 우우 (uu)
    Sense id: en-우-ko-noun-AgZkQQeL Categories (other): Korean ideophones
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: [u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: u [romanization], [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 優 (“excellent”). Etymology templates: {{l|en|Sino-Korean}} Sino-Korean, {{m|ko|優|gloss=excellent}} 優 (“excellent”), {{ko-etym-sino|優|excellent}} Sino-Korean word from 優 (“excellent”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=優}} 우 • (u) (hanja 優)
  1. The second-highest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to B in the Roman alphabet grading scheme. Derived forms: the hanja entry at 優 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (u) (alt: )
    Sense id: en-우-ko-noun-rGt-Zgg7 Categories (other): Korean links with manual fragments, Korean links with redundant target parameters, Korean links with redundant wikilinks, Hanja readings, North Korean, Sino-Korean words, Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean entries with language name categories using raw markup, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Hanja readings: 7 2 6 6 2 10 30 6 32 0 Disambiguation of North Korean: 2 2 3 4 3 3 48 4 30 0 Disambiguation of Sino-Korean words: 3 4 4 4 6 6 47 5 22 0 Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 2 3 5 4 12 42 4 28 Disambiguation of Korean entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 2 5 2 10 48 5 25 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 2 2 3 3 8 49 8 24 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 1 2 3 3 8 47 5 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Noun

IPA: [u(ː)] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: u [romanization], [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 又. Etymology templates: {{l|en|Sino-Korean}} Sino-Korean, {{m|ko|又|gloss=}} 又, {{ko-etym-sino|又}} Sino-Korean word from 又 Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=又}} 우 • (u) (hanja 又)
  1. (archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean) or; and Derived forms: the hanja entry at 又 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (u) (alt: )
    Sense id: en-우-ko-noun-6CCVtwcr Categories (other): Literary Chinese-style Korean
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 6

Noun

IPA: [u(ː)] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: u [romanization], [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 羽 (“fifth note in the pentatonic scale”). Etymology templates: {{l|en|Sino-Korean}} Sino-Korean, {{m|ko|羽|gloss=fifth note in the pentatonic scale}} 羽 (“fifth note in the pentatonic scale”), {{ko-etym-sino|羽|fifth note in the pentatonic scale}} Sino-Korean word from 羽 (“fifth note in the pentatonic scale”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=羽}} 우 • (u) (hanja 羽)
  1. (music) the fifth note in the pentatonic scale of East Asian classical music, equivalent to la Categories (topical): Music Derived forms: the hanja entry at 羽 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우 (u) (alt: )
    Sense id: en-우-ko-noun-VajrhTVW Categories (other): Hanja readings, Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable Disambiguation of Hanja readings: 7 2 6 6 2 10 30 6 32 0 Disambiguation of Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable: 8 8 11 72 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 7

Syllable

Forms: u [romanization]
Etymology: Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-우-ko-syllable-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 8

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 우 meaning in Korean (11.5kB)

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        "1": "ko",
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        "3": "웋",
        "tr": "wùh"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Korean 웋 (wùh)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "oko",
        "3": "上只",
        "tr": "*WUk"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Korean 上只 (*WUk)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Korean 웋 (wùh), from Old Korean 上只 (*WUk).",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "위"
        }
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Looking down from here, it looks just like the schoolhouse and the village are floating on top of the clouds.",
          "ref": "2004 October 10, “구름우에 솟은 《왕》들의 집13개의 분교 [gureumue soseun 《wang》deurui jip-13gae'ui bun'gyo, The House of \"Kings\", Soaring Above the Clouds]”, in KCNA, archived from the original on 2009-06-23",
          "roman": "Igos-eseo naeryeodabomyeon machi gureum u-e bun'gyo-wa ma'eur-i dungdung tteo-inneun geon-man gatda.",
          "text": "이곳에서 내려다보면 마치 구름 우에 분교와 마을이 둥둥 떠있는 것만 같다.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
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        "Alternative form of 위 (wi, “top, above”)."
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          "위",
          "위#Korean"
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        "Seoul"
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      "other": "[우]"
    }
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  "word": "우"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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          "word": "좌"
        }
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        "right side"
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          "right",
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        "(formal) right side"
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          "word": "우측"
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          "orig": "ko:Politics",
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            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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        "right wing"
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        "(politics) right wing"
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          "alt": "右派",
          "word": "우파"
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          "alt": "右翼",
          "word": "우익"
        }
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        "government",
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "",
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        "gloss": "foolish"
      },
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  "forms": [
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        "romanization"
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    },
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      "form": "愚",
      "tags": [
        "hanja"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "hanja": "愚"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "alt": "愚",
          "roman": "u",
          "word": "the hanja entry at 愚 for Sino-Korean compounds of 우"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I ended up committing a foolish error.",
          "roman": "U-reul beom-hago maratseumnida.",
          "text": "우를 범하고 말았습니다.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foolish mistake"
      ],
      "id": "en-우-ko-noun-~nbOOjIZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "[u]",
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        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
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    {
      "other": "[우]"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "우 • (u)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean ideophones",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "uu",
          "word": "우우"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The outraged protesters stormed into the presidential palace.",
          "roman": "Bunno-han siwidae-deur-i daetongnyeonggung-euro u mollyeo-deureotda.",
          "text": "분노한 시위대들이 대통령궁으로 우 몰려들었다.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Conveys forceful collective movement, e.g. of crowds or gusts."
      ],
      "id": "en-우-ko-noun-AgZkQQeL",
      "links": [
        [
          "forceful",
          "forceful#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "ideophone"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[u]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[우]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "우"
}

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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "優",
        "gloss": "excellent"
      },
      "expansion": "優 (“excellent”)",
      "name": "m"
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        {
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "alt": "優",
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        "The second-highest score in the five-point grading system in South Korean schools, ultimately abolished in 2012; equivalent to B in the Roman alphabet grading scheme."
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        "Seoul"
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        "gloss": ""
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          "or",
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          "and"
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        "(archaic Literary Chinese-style Korean) or; and"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[u(ː)]",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) the fifth note in the pentatonic scale of East Asian classical music, equivalent to la"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[u(ː)]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[우(ː)]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "우"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hanja readings",
    "North Korean",
    "Sino-Korean words"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 8,
  "etymology_text": "Modern Korean reading of various Chinese characters.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "u",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "syllable",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "우"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Korean dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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