전

전 U+C804, 전
HANGUL SYLLABLE JEON
Composition:ㅈ + ㅓ + ㄴ
Dubeolsik input:w-j-s
← 젃
[U+C803] 		Hangul Syllables 젅 →
[U+C805]

Korean

Etymology 1

저적젂젃전젅젆
젇절젉젊젋젌젍
젎젏점접젒젓젔
정젖젗젘젙젚젛
쟤 ←→ 제

Syllable

전 • (jeon)

  1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅈ, ㅓ, and ㄴ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 前 (“in front, forward, preceding”)

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 前)

  1. front
  2. (time) before
    • 집에 가기 전에
      jibe gagi jeone
      before going home
    • 두시 15 분 전에
      dusi 15 bun jeone
      at a quarter to two (literally, "at 15 minutes before two o'clock")
    • 전에는 그를 봤었다. 그러나 그 이후로는 그를 보지 않았다.
      Jeoneneun geureul bwasseotda. Geureona geu ihuroneun geureul boji anatda.
      I had seen him previously, but hadn't seen him since.

Prefix

전— • (jeon-) (hanja 前)

  1. ex-; previous
    • 전 대통령
      jeon daetongnyeong
      ex-president

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 錢 (“money, currency, coins”)

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 錢)

  1. a jun, a coin worth one hundredth of a won

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 典 (“law, canon; documentation; classic, scripture”)

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 典)

  1. celebration; ceremony

Etymology 5

Sino-Korean word from 煎 (“to pan fry”)

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 煎)

  1. jeon, a fried, filled pancake-like food eaten in Korea

Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 田 (“field, arable land, cultivated”)

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 田)

  1. a cultivated patch of land

Etymology 7

Sino-Korean word from 全 (“maintain, keep whole or intact; all, everything”)

Prefix

전— • (jeon-) (hanja 全)

  1. whole, entire
    • 전국
      jeonguk
      the whole country

Etymology 8

Abbreviation of 저 (jeo, “I”) + topic marker 는 (neun)

Abbreviation

전 • (jeon)

  1. I (as the topic of the sentence); as for me

Etymology 9

From 절다 (jeolda, “to become salted”);

Verb

전 • (jeon)

  1. Past determiner of 절다 (jeolda, “to become salted”); salted
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