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전

read 전 음26 words 낱말from TOPIK 1 1급 8 more read 전 동음

As the first character — 13 words

전 前 before TOPIK 1 전 前 previous TOPIK 1 전기 前期 first half, early period TOPIK 2 전날 前- the day before TOPIK 3 전직 前職 one's former post TOPIK 6 전후 前後 front and behind TOPIK 4 전진 前進 advance TOPIK 6 전위 前衛 vanguard Common 전례 前例 precedent Common 전방 前方 front, ahead Common 전생 前生 past life, previous life Common 전반기 前半期 the first half Common 전임 前任 predecessor Common

As the last character — 10 words

이전 以前 before, previously TOPIK 2 오전 午前 morning TOPIK 1 오래전 -前 long ago TOPIK 3 사전 事前 beforehand TOPIK 1 직전 直前 just before TOPIK 5 기원전 紀元前 BCE TOPIK 5 그전 -前 former days, the past, the other day TOPIK 6 생전 生前 during one's lifetime TOPIK 5 종전 從前 before now TOPIK 6 혼전 婚前 premarital Common

In the middle — 3 words

여전히 如前- still, just as before TOPIK 4 여전하다 如前- to be unchanged, the same as before TOPIK 5 최전방 最前方 forefront Common

8 other characters are also read 전

全 전 33 電 전 21 戰 전 20 傳 전 18 展 전 15 專 전 14 轉 전 13 典 전 13

Characters it combines with

生 생 생전 生前 2 shared words 期 기 전기 前期 2 shared words 方 방 전방 前方 2 shared words 如 여 여전히 如前- 2 shared words 事 사 사전 事前 1 shared word 職 직 전직 前職 1 shared word 後 후 전후 前後 1 shared word 進 진 전진 前進 1 shared word 最 최 최전방 最前方 1 shared word 任 임 전임 前任 1 shared word 婚 혼 혼전 婚前 1 shared word 半 반 전반기 前半期 1 shared word

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Hanja spellings, word meanings and TOPIK grades from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

The reading 전 is derived from the alignment between these words' Hangul and their hanja spellings, not taken from a character dictionary — which is also why no 훈 is shown.