자전

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠d͡ʑʌ̹n]
• Phonetic hangul: [자전]

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

   지구의 자전 ― jigu-ui jajeon ― Earth's rotation