웃

Korean

우 욱 욲 욳 운 욵 욶 욷 울 욹 욺 욻 욼 욽 욾 욿 움 웁 웂 웃 웄 웅 웆 웇 웈 웉 웊 웋
요 ←	워 →

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Prefix

웃 (ut)

1. (adjectival, adverbial) upper, up-, super-
2. (rarely) outer

Alternative forms

• 욷 (ut) (obsolete)
• 위 (wi) (noun, prefix, suffix)
• 윗 (wit) (prefix)
• 웁 (up) (rare prefix)
  • 웁쌀 (upssal, “rice boiled on top of coarse cereal (usually served to the senior)”)

Synonyms

• 상 (sang, 上)

Antonyms

• 아래 (arae, “(noun, prefix, suffix) lower, down”)
• 아랫 (araet, “(prefix) lower, down”)
• 속 (sok, “(noun, prefix, suffix) inner”)
• 하 (ha, 下)

Derived terms

adjectival

• 웃니 (unni, “upper teeth”)
• 웃도리 (utdori, “upper part (of a body)”)
• 웃돈 (-don) premium (money)
• 웃목 (-mog, -mok) The corner of a heated floor that is farther away from the fireplace, hence cooler and lesser
• 웃물 (-mur, -mul) upstream
• 웃사람 (-saram) elder, senior, superior
• 웃어른 (-eoreun) elder, senior, superior
• 웃옷 (-os, -ot) overcoat
• 웃자리 (-jari) high rank
• 웃통 (-tong) upper part (of a body or thing)

adverbial

• 웃날들다 (-naldeulda) (weather) To clear up
• 웃돌다 (-dorda, -dolda) To exceed, surpass
• 웃자라다 (-jarada) To outgrow, overgrow (excessively)

See also

• 우뚝 (uttug, uttuk) upright, aloft, tall, high up, toweringly
• 으뜸 (eutteum) top, head, topnotch, topflight
• 우듬지 (udeumji) treetop
• 우두머리 (udu-meori) head, captain, chieftain, boss
• 오두막 (-幕, odu-mag, -mak) hut, cottage
• 천막 (天幕, cheonmag, -mak) (literally, "sky cover") tent
  • 당기다 (danggida)