휘

휘 U+D718, 휘 HANGUL SYLLABLE HWI Composition: ㅎ + ㅟ ← 휗 [U+D717] Hangul Syllables 휙 → [U+D719]

휘휙휚휛휜휝휞 휟휠휡휢휣휤휥 휦휧휨휩휪휫휬 휭휮휯휰휱휲휳
훼 ←	→ 휴

Korean

Etymology 1

Of native Korean origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hɥi] ~ [hy]
• Phonetic hangul: [휘]

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

Ideophone

휘 • (hwi)

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

See also

• 휘파람 (hwiparam, “whistling”)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [hɥi] ~ [hy]
• Phonetic hangul: [휘]

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

Noun

휘 • (hwi)

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

Etymology 3

Noun

휘 • (hwi) (hanja 膾)

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

Etymology 4

Noun

휘 • (hwi) (hanja 蛔)

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

Etymology 5

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

휘 (hwi)

Extended content
翚: (MC reading: 翚) 幑: (MC reading: 幑 (MC xjw+j)) 煇: (MC reading: 煇 (MC xjw+j|hwon|hwonX)) 彙: (MC reading: 彙 (MC hjw+jH)) 輝: (MC reading: 輝 (MC xjw+j)) 翬: (MC reading: 翬 (MC xjw+j)) 撝: (MC reading: 撝 (MC xjwe)) 暉: (MC reading: 暉 (MC xjw+j)) 麾: (MC reading: 麾 (MC xjwe)) 戲: (MC reading: 戲 (MC xje|xu|xjeH)) 諱: (MC reading: 諱 (MC xjw+jH)) 揮: (MC reading: 揮 (MC xjw+j)) 徽: (MC reading: 徽 (MC xjw+j))