웃-

웃-

웃 U+C6C3, 웃 HANGUL SYLLABLE US Composition: ㅇ + ㅜ + ㅅ Dubeolsik input: d-n-t ← 웂 [U+C6C2] Hangul Syllables 웄 → [U+C6C4]

Korean

Etymology

우 (u) +‎ ㅅ (-s-)

Prefix

웃 • (ut-)

1. (adjectival, adverbial) upper, up-, super-

   Synonym: 상(上) (sang)

   Antonym: 아랫 (araet-)

2. (rarely) outer

Alternative forms

• 욷 (ut) (obsolete)
• 위 (wi) (noun, prefix, suffix)
• 윗 (wit) (prefix)

Derived terms

adjectival

• 웃니 (unni): upper teeth
• 웃도리 (utdori): upper part (of a body)
• 웃돈 (utdon): premium (money)
• 웃목 (unmok): the corner of a heated floor that is farther away from the fireplace, hence cooler and lesser
• 웃물 (unmul): upstream
• 웃사람 (utsaram): elder, senior, superior
• 웃어른 (useoreun): elder, senior, superior
• 웃옷 (udot): overcoat
• 웃자리 (utjari): high rank
• 웃통 (uttong): upper part (of a body or thing)

adverbial

• 웃날들다 (unnaldeulda): (weather) to clear up
• 웃돌다 (utdolda): to exceed, surpass
• 웃자라다 (utjarada): to outgrow, overgrow (excessively)