전

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”) First attested in the "Gyerim Yusa" 계림유사 (gyerimyusa), 1103, as 田 (tián) 뎐 (dyeon)

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 田)

1. a cultivated patch of land

Etymology 7

Sino-Korean word from 電 (“lightning, electricity”)

Noun

전 • (jeon) (hanja 電)

1. electricity

Etymology 8

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 9

Contraction of 저는 (jeoneun).

Pronoun

전 • (jeon)

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

Etymology 10

From 절다 (jeolda, “to become salted”);

Verb

전 • (jeon)

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