자전

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Korean

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jajeon
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jajeon
McCune–Reischauer?chajŏn
Yale Romanization?cacen

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 字典 (character dictionary).

Noun

자전 (jajeon) (hanja 字典)

  1. Chinese character dictionary
    Synonym: 옥편(玉篇) (okpyeon)
  2. (archaic) word dictionary

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 自轉 (self-rotation).

Noun

자전 (jajeon) (hanja 自轉)

  1. self-rotation
    지구 자전jigu-ui jajeonEarth's rotation