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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | jajeon |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jajeon |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | chajŏn |
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| Yale Romanization? | cacen |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 字典 (“character dictionary”).
Noun
자전 • (jajeon) (hanja 字典)
- Chinese character dictionary
- Synonym: 옥편(玉篇) (okpyeon)
- (archaic) word dictionary
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 自轉 (“self-rotation”).
Noun
자전 • (jajeon) (hanja 自轉)
- self-rotation
- 지구의 자전 ― jigu-ui jajeon ― Earth's rotation