also: チョン
jeon; Korean savory pancake
A Korean dish of meat, seafood, or vegetables coated in flour and egg, then pan-fried. Often served as a side dish or appetizer.
from Korean
I ordered seafood jeon at a Korean restaurant.
My mother pan-fried some jeon for me.
The zucchini jeon my mother made was exquisite.
Katakana spelling is standard for this Korean loanword; usually written in kana.
Alternate reading reflecting a different Korean dialect or older transcription; less common.
Kanji form is rare and may not be widely recognized; use kana instead.
Borrowed from Korean 전 (jeon), a pan-fried dish. The reading チョン reflects an older or dialectal Korean pronunciation.