煎

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煎 U+714E, 煎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-714E
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 煏 →

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

trad. 煎
simp. # 煎
alternative forms 𤋎
㷙
𤌺
𤎴
𤎵

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔslen, *ʔslens) : phonetic 前 (OC *zleːn) + semantic 火 (“fire”).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Note:
  • choaⁿ - vernacular (“to boil (a liquid)/to simmer in water”);
  • chian - literary ("to pan-fry").
Note:
  • ziang1 - Shantou;
  • ziêng1 - Chaozhou.
Note: zienn4 - used in 煎油.
Rime
Character 煎
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子仙切
Baxter tsjen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sian/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛn/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zin1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 煎
Reading # 1/2
No. 10241
Phonetic
component 		前
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		煎
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔslen/

Definitions

煎

  1. to pan-fry
    煎牛排  ―  jiān niúpái  ―  pan-fried steak
  2. to simmer in water; to decoct
    煎藥／煎药  ―  jiānyào  ―  to decoct medicine
  3. (literary) to smelt
  4. (literary) to torment; to torture
  5. Classifier for decoctions.
  6. (Hokkien) to boil (a liquid)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 煎 (“to pan-fry”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 煎
Mandarin Taiwan 煎
Yantai (Muping) 煎
Luoyang 煎
Xi'an 煎
Guilin 煎
Yangzhou 煎
Malaysia 煎
Singapore 煎
Cantonese Guangzhou 煎
Hong Kong 煎
Singapore (Guangfu) 煎
Gan Nanchang 煎
Lichuan 煎
Pingxiang 煎
Hakka Meixian 煎, 燩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 煎
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 煎
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 煎
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 煎
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 煎
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 煎
Eastern Min Fuzhou 煎
Southern Min Xiamen 煎
Tainan 煎
Penang (Hokkien) 煎
Singapore (Hokkien) 煎
Shantou 烙
Jieyang 烙
Singapore (Teochew) 烙
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 煎
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 煎
Wu Shanghai 煎
Shanghai (Chongming) 煎
Ningbo 搨
Zhenhai 搨
Fenghua 搨
Zhoushan 搨

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (煎):
  • → Japanese: 煎(せん) (sen)
  • → Korean: 전(煎) (jeon)

Others:

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 煎
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子賤切
Baxter tsjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡siᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡siɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sianH/
Li
Rong 		/t͡siɛnH/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡si̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 煎
Reading # 2/2
No. 10254
Phonetic
component 		前
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		箭
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔslens/

Definitions

煎

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Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended) 		Shinjitai
(extended)
煎󠄀
煎+󠄀?
(Adobe-Japan1)
煎󠄂
煎+󠄂?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
Kyūjitai 煎
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Kanji

煎

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

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, tan, tãn

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