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전자

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Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 電子, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese (でん)() (denshi).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ɲd͡ʑa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeonja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeonja
McCune–Reischauer?chŏnja
Yale Romanization?cēn.ca

Noun

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전자 (jeonja) (hanja 電子)

  1. electron

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from 前者.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeonja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeonja
McCune–Reischauer?chŏnja
Yale Romanization?cen.ca

Noun

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전자 (jeonja) (hanja 前者)

  1. the former
    Antonym: 후자(後者) (huja)

Further reading

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Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean word from 電磁.

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)ɲd͡ʑa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeonja
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeonja
McCune–Reischauer?chŏnja
Yale Romanization?cēn.ca

Noun

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전자 (jeonja) (hanja 電磁)

  1. electromagnetic
Derived terms
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