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위험

위험

Korean

Noun

위험 • ‎(wiheom) ‎(hanja 危險)

  1. danger

Derived terms

  • 위험관리 (wiheomgwalli, “risk management”)
  • 위험하다 (wiheomhada, “to be dangerous”)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 危險, from 危 ‎(“hazardous”) + 險 ‎(“precipitous”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɥiɦʌ̹m/ ~ /yɦʌ̹m/
  • Phonetic hangeul: 위험
Romanizations
Revised transcription wiheom
Revised transliteration wiheom
McCune–Reischauer wihŏm
Yale wihem

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