煎

煎 U+714E, 煎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-714E ← 煍 [U+714D] CJK Unified Ideographs 煏 → [U+714F]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠿏, 𢶕, 𣜭, 𤐄, 𧬫

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		煎
simp. #		煎
alternative forms		𤋎 㷙

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (前) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
媊	*ʔslel, *ʔslenʔ
煎	*ʔslen, *ʔslens
湔	*ʔslen, *ʔslens, *ʔsleːn, *zleːn
鬋	*ʔslen, *ʔslenʔ, *ʔslens
剪	*ʔslenʔ
翦	*ʔslenʔ
譾	*ʔslenʔ
揃	*ʔslenʔ
箭	*ʔslens
葥	*ʔslens
前	*zleːn
騚	*zleːn
歬	*zleːn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chiên
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): choaⁿ / chian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang¹ / ziêng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: chien1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zin¹
    • Yale: jīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: jien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕi̯en²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choaⁿ / chian
    • Tâi-lô: tsuann / tsian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zvoaf, ciefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suã⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suã³³/, /t͡ɕiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suã⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suã⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suã⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/

Note:

• choaⁿ - vernacular;
• chian - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ziang¹ / ziêng¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiang / tsieng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaŋ³³/, /t͡sieŋ³³/

Note:

• ziang1 - Shantou;
• ziêng1 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡siᴇn/, /t͡siᴇn^H/

Rime
Character	煎	煎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	子仙切	子賤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇn/	/t͡siᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛn/	/t͡siɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæn/	/t͡sjænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sian/	/t͡sianH/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛn/	/t͡siɛnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛn/	/t͡sĭɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛn/	/t͡si̯ɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	jiàn

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslen/, /*ʔslens/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	煎	煎
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10241	10254
Phonetic component	前	前
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	煎	箭
Old Chinese	/*ʔslen/	/*ʔslens/

Definitions

煎

1. to pan fry

   煎牛排  ―  jiān niúpái  ―  pan-fried steak

2. to sauté

See also

• 煸 (biān)
• 炒 (chǎo)
• 炸 (zhá)

Compounds

• 二煎
• 交煎
• 孜煎
• 急煎煎
• 憂煎／忧煎
• 懨煎／恹煎
• 油煎
• 淹煎
• 煎劑／煎剂
• 煎心
• 煎服

• 煎水作冰
• 煎湯／煎汤
• 煎炒 (jiānchǎo)
• 煎煮
• 煎熬 (jiān'áo)
• 煎聒
• 煎膏炊骨
• 煎茶 (jiānchá)
• 煎藥／煎药
• 煎蛋捲／煎蛋卷
• 煎迫

• 煎餅／煎饼 (jiānbǐng)
• 煎點／煎点
• 熬煎 (áojiān)
• 相煎何急
• 相煎太急
• 腹熱心煎／腹热心煎
• 膏火自煎
• 薄煎餅／薄煎饼 (bójiānbǐng)
• 蚵仔煎 (kèzǐjiān)
• 蜜煎
• 豆萁相煎

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (煎):

• → Japanese: 煎(せん) (sen)
• → Korean: 전 (煎, jeon)

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Japanese

Kanji

煎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. roast, boil, parch, broil
2. jeon (Korean food)
3. infusion (tea)

Readings

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: いる (iru, 煎る, Jōyō); にる (niru, 煎る); いり (iri, 煎り); せんじる (senjiru, 煎じる)

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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: Hán Nôm readings: tiên, chiên

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