This is the 13414th most frequent Korean word.
떠오른다
"떠오른다" means "to rise up" or "to come to mind."
Here, '떠오른다' is used to describe the physical act of rising upward, such as the sun appearing above the horizon.
해가 수평선 위로 떠오른다.
The sun rises above the horizon.
In this sentence, '떠오른다' is metaphorically used to mean the act of thoughts or memories emerging consciously in one's mind.
어릴 적 추억이 떠오른다.
Childhood memories come to mind.
Here, '떠오른다' refers to the emergence or sudden appearance of an idea in one's thoughts.