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tujeon

/ˈtud͡ʒʌn/

tujeon noun: long and narrow traditional Korean playing cards, with 4, 6 or 8 suits of 10 cards each, used primarily from the 17th to 19th century.

Noun

tujeon (uncountable)

  1. Long and narrow traditional Korean playing cards, with 4, 6 or 8 suits of 10 cards each, used primarily from the 17th to 19th century.
    • Once tujeon started sweeping the country, people no longer paid much attention to baduk or janggi. Tujeon was popular with everyone regardless of status or gender.2006, I-wha Yi, “Gambling—The Ruin of Families” (chapter 2), in Korea's Pastimes and Customs: A Social History, Homa Sekey Books, →ISBN, page 32
    • Then he excitedly shuffled the cards before sticking out his hand and saying, “Now, tujeon is the thing—but we’ve got to do something with these flower cards, so how about we play Six Hundred?”2014, Kim Yu-jeong, translated by Charles La Shure, Scoundrels, Literature Translation Institute of Korea, →ISBN, page 19

Examples of tujeon in a sentence

  • Games such as golpae (similar to dominoes) and tujeon (cards), originally popular for socialization and relieving the tiredness of labor, were transformed into games on which big bets were laid.2017 April, Lee Sukyung, “Sangpyeongtongbo”, in National Museum of Korea: Quarterly Magazine, volume 39, archived from the original on 24...
  • My irritation fades as Misook pulls out the stack of tujeon cards, and we begin another game.2022, Sophie Kim, chapter 29, in Last of the Talons, Entangled Publishing, LLC, →ISBN:

Origin of tujeon

Borrowed from Korean 투전 (鬪牋) (tujeon).

Questions about tujeon

What does tujeon mean?
Tujeon means long and narrow traditional Korean playing cards, with 4, 6 or 8 suits of 10 cards each, used primarily from the 17th to 19th century.
How do you use tujeon in a sentence?
Games such as golpae (similar to dominoes) and tujeon (cards), originally popular for socialization and relieving the tiredness of labor, were transformed into games on which big bets were laid.
What part of speech is tujeon?
Tujeon is a noun.
How do you pronounce tujeon?
Tujeon is pronounced /ˈtud͡ʒʌn/.

Words near tujeon in the dictionary

  1. tuitional
  2. tuitionary
  3. tuitions
  4. tuits
  5. tuitui
  6. tujeon
  7. Tujia
  8. Tujias
  9. Tujunga
  10. Tujunga Wash
  11. tuk

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