Korean word

세로

Pronunciation

Romanizationsero

Meaning

  • nounvertical

Example

사진을 세로로 찍었어요.sa ji neul se ro ro jji geo sseo yo

I took the photo in portrait orientation.

Illustration for 세로 (vertical)

More examples

문서를 세로로 인쇄하고 싶습니다.mun seo reul se ro ro in swae ha go sip sseum ni da

I want to print the document in portrait orientation.

Core concept

The up-and-down direction of an object or surface, or its length along that direction.

Common phrases

  • 세로 사진se ro sa jin

    portrait photo

  • 세로 길이se ro ki ri

    vertical length

  • 세로 방향se ro pang hyang

    vertical direction

Similar words

가로karo: The side-to-side direction of an object or surface, or its distance across.
길이kiri: The distance from one end of a line or object to the other.
높이nopi: The distance from the bottom of something to its top.

Definition in Korean

사물이나 면의 위에서 아래까지의 길이 또는 그 방향sa mu ri na myeo nui wi e seo a rae kka ji ui ki ri tto neun keu pang hyang

Word origin

The word has no securely established decomposition in the supplied evidence, so its history is best treated as uncertain rather than linked to a guessed root.

Usage tips

  • In Korean measurements and layouts, checking this word helps distinguish the top-to-bottom dimension from the side-to-side dimension.

Other meanings

  • portrait orientationnoun

Opposites

  • 가로karohorizontalnoun
  • 수평supyeonghorizontalnoun

Related words

  • 세로선seroseonvertical linenoun
  • 세로형serohyeongvertical formatnoun
  • 세로쓰기serosseugivertical writingnoun

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