上
sang
Prices go 上, people are 上 — one notch above the line
The picture A line drawn, and a hand pointing at the space above it. 上 is the space above the line; 下 is the space below it.
Where the picture shows up in 上
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moving into the space above
값이 상승(上昇)했어요.
gap-si sang-seung-hae-sseo-yo
The price went up.
A line that sat in a low band shifting up one band
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the level with nothing above
옥상(屋上)에서 쉬어요.
ok-sang-e-seo swi-eo-yo
Let's rest on the roof of the building.
Someone standing on the flat floor on top of a building, with nowhere higher to go
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pulled upward
월급이 인상(引上)됐어요.
wol-geu-bi in-sang-dwae-sseo-yo
My salary was raised.
A hand taking a number written in the low band and rewriting it one band higher
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the person in the band above
상사(上司)에게 먼저 보고하세요.
sang-sa-e-ge meon-jeo bo-go-ha-se-yo
Report to your superior first.
Papers traveling from my desk up to a desk one level above and settling there
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everything above that line
열이 삼십팔 도 이상(以上)이에요.
yeo-ri sam-sip-pal do i-sang-i-e-yo
The fever is over thirty-eight degrees.
A line drawn on a thermometer with everything above it shaded in
All of it in one picture
上 is the hand pointing above a line. When a price moves up into that space, it is rising; in a building, the level with nothing above it is the rooftop. Pull a number up by hand into the higher space and that is a raise; when your papers travel to a desk one level above, the person at that desk is your boss. Draw the line and shade in everything above it, and you have 'or more'.