煎

Translingual

Han character

煎 (radical 86 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿月弓火 (TBNF), four-corner 8033₂)

1. fry in fat or oil
2. boil in water

References

• KangXi: page 676, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19184
• Dae Jaweon: page 1087, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2222, character 2
• Unihan data for U+714E

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chiên
• Min Nan (POJ): chian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: chien¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiên
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡ɕi̯en²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chian
    • Tâi-lô: tsian
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (煎, reconstructed)
Character (煎), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 精 (13) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 子仙切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡siᴇn/	/t͡si̯ɛn/	/t͡siɛn/	/t͡siɛn/	/t͡sian/	/t͡sĭɛn/	/t͡sjæn/
Character (煎), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 精 (13) Final: 仙 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 子賤切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡siᴇnH/	/t͡si̯ɛnH/	/t͡siɛnH/	/t͡siɛnH/	/t͡sianH/	/t͡sĭɛnH/	/t͡sjænH/

Verb

煎

1. to fry in fat or oil
2. to boil in water

See also

• 炸 (zhá)

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Japanese

Kanji

煎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: せん (sen)
• Kun: いる (iru)

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Korean

Hanja

煎 (jeon) (hangeul 전, revised jeon, McCune-Reischauer chŏn, Yale cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

煎 (tiên, chiên)

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