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The purpose of this study is to examine lexical formation system of vocabularies whose semantic feature is ‘movement’, especially ‘raising.’ The semantic property, ‘movement’ implies that subjects or objects are involved in the change of location. Specifically, ‘raising-movement’ verbs, which this study mainly deals with, have the meaning of ‘moving upward, from the low spot to the higher one.’ This study focuses on the lexical segmentation of ‘raising-movement’ verbs which are used with physical moving agents and whose actions are conducted in physical places. It was found out that the lexical segmentation of these verbs were conducted according to four criteria, ‘purpose of movement’, ‘movement aspect’, ‘arrival aspect’, and ‘lexical constraint.’ First, the ‘raising-movement’ verbs were categorized by the first criterion, ‘purpose of movement’, which considers whether the agent of movement had a clear [intention] for the location change. Second, according to ‘movement aspect’, the verbs are segmented depending on the necessity of [means of movement]. Third factor is ‘movement aspect’, in which two pointsㅡthe property of the surface and whether arrival points reach speakers or listenersㅡshould be determined. Last criterion involves lexical constraint of the ‘raising-movement’ verbs. That is, ‘raising-movement’ verbs can be segmented according to the types of words certain verbs can be used with. This study limits the scope of research objects into a certain part of ‘raising-movement’ verbs so that the analysis on the lexical segmentation can be conducted focusing on the verbs implying specificity. Besides, this study gives an opportunity to understand the lexical properties of these specific kinds of verbs in different aspects from other advanced research.