전

Korean

Etymology 1

전 젅 젆 젇 절 젉 젊 젋 젌 젍 젎 젏 점 접 젒 젓 젔 정 젖 젗 젘 젙 젚 젛 제 젝 젞 젟
쟨 ←	젠 →

Syllable

전 (transliterations: Revised jeon, McCune–Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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")

Prefix

전 (jeon, hanja 前)

1. ex-; previous
   • 전 대통령

     jeon daetongryeong

     ex-president

Etymology 3

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

Noun

전 (jeon, hanja 錢)

1. a jun, a coin worth 1/100th 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 田 (“field, arable land, cultivated”) .

Noun

전 (jeon, hanja 田)

1. a cultivated patch of land

Etymology 6

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 7

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

Abbreviation

전 (jeon)

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

Etymology 8

From 절다 (jeolda, “to become salted”);

Verb form

전 (jeon)

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