오르다
o-reu-da
Rent rises, fever rises, and so does your skill
The picture Something moves from a low place to a high one — a position, a number, a level of force. 오르다 moves from low to high; 내리다 brings what is high down low.
Where the picture shows up in 오르다
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the body goes up
계단을 오르니까 숨이 차요.
gye-da-neul o-reu-ni-kka su-mi cha-yo
Climbing the stairs leaves me out of breath.
Feet placing themselves one step at a time as the body rises floor by floor
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a price goes up
이번 달에 월세가 올랐어요.
i-beon da-re wol-se-ga ol-la-sseo-yo
The rent went up this month.
The rent figure on the notice sliding up one notch on the scale
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body heat goes up
아이가 열이 올라서 병원에 갔어요.
a-i-ga yeo-ri ol-la-seo byeong-wo-ne ga-sseo-yo
My child's fever went up so we went to the clinic.
The red line in the thermometer pushing steadily upward above the child forehead
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a topic is lifted onto the table
그 얘기가 회의 안건에 올랐어요.
geu yae-gi-ga hoe-ui an-geo-ne ol-la-sseo-yo
That matter came up on the meeting agenda.
A topic that was lying on the floor being lifted up onto the meeting-room table
A buried topic is lifted up onto a surface where everyone can see it.
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skill goes up
요즘 실력이 많이 올랐네요.
yo-jeum sil-lyeo-gi ma-ni ol-lan-ne-yo
Your skills have really come up lately.
A skill marker that sat low on the gauge clicking up one level
All of it in one picture
오르다 is one arrow pointing from below to above. When the body goes up it is climbing; when the number goes up it is a price rise; when the temperature goes up it is a fever; when a topic is lifted onto the table it becomes an agenda item; when the gauge goes up your skill has grown. So wherever 오르다 goes, something now stands one notch higher than where it was.