사전

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📖 사전 = 辭 (words) + 典 (reference book): a book of words

사 is 辭, meaning words or speech; 전 is 典, a standard reference work or canon. The same 전 ends 백과사전 (encyclopedia). Sound hook: sa-jeon, as in say-john — say a word, John looks it up.

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