Japanese symbol for “jeon”
煎
ジョン
Romaji: jon
jeon (fried dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg)
In Japanese, jeon is 煎, read ジョン (jon).
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Meanings
- n jeon (fried dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg) (food)
Written forms: 煎. Readings: ジョン、チョン.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “jeon”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| チョン | チョン chon | jeon (monetary unit; 1/100 of a South Korean won); chon (1/100 of a North Korean won); jun |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煎餅 | せんべい senbei | (Japanese) rice cracker; senbei |
| 煎茶 | せんちゃ sencha | green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha) |
| 二番煎じ | にばんせんじ nibansenji | rehash; (boring) rerun |
| 湯煎 | ゆせん yusen | warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water |
| 煎じ薬 | せんじぐすり senjigusuri | (medical) decoction; infusion |
| 煎じる | せんじる senjiru | to boil; to decoct; to infuse |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.