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

Etymology 3

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

왜 (wae)

  1. 倭:
    (MC reading: 倭 (MC ʔˠiuᴇ, ʔuɑ, ʔuɑX))
  2. 娃:
    (MC reading: 娃 (MC ʔˠɛ))
  3. 歪:
    (MC reading: 歪)
  4. 矮:
    (MC reading: 矮 (MC ʔˠɛX))
  5. 媧:
    (MC reading: 媧 (MC kˠuɛ, kˠua))
  6. 蛙:
    (MC reading: 蛙 (MC ʔˠuɛ, ʔˠua))

References
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