煎

煎	U+714E, 煎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-714E

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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

𠿏, 𢶕, 𣜭, 𤐄, 𧬫

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jian¹

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiǎn
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zin¹

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): zin¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): den¹
Gan (Wiktionary): jien¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chiên

(Hailu, HRS): zien^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): jiên¹
Jin (Wiktionary): jie¹
Northern Min (KCR): cíng
Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zyor¹ / zoe¹ / zua¹ / zyann¹ / ziann¹ / zeng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): choaⁿ / chian

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziang¹ / ziêng¹

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): jieng¹
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): zin¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹ci / ¹tsie / ¹tsi / ¹cie / ¹cien
- (Jinhua): ¹tsie; ¹tsian
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zienn¹ / zienn⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jian
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹
  - Yale: jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jian¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: jiǎn
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiã²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zin¹
  - Yale: jīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: zin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sin²¹³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: den¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ten³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: jien¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: jien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯en²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zien^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sien⁵³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: jiên¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕiɛn⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: jie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cíng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sieŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zyor¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cio̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syɒ⁵³³/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zoe¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœ⁵³³/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zua¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sua⁵³³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zyann¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sỹã⁵⁴⁴/
- (Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ziann¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩã⁵⁴⁴/
- (Putian, Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zeng¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛŋ⁵³³/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡se̞ŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛŋ⁵⁴⁴/

Note:

zyor1/zoe1/zua1/zyann1/ziann1 - vernacular;
zeng1 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choaⁿ / chian
  - Tâi-lô: tsuann / tsian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvoaf, ciefn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suã⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suã³³/, /t͡siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suã⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡suã⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suã⁴⁴/, /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/

Note:

choaⁿ - vernacular (“to boil (a liquid)/to simmer in water”);
chian - literary ("to pan-fry").

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

Note:

ziang1 - Shantou;
ziêng1 - Chaozhou.

(Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: jieng¹
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sieŋ³⁵/

Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: zin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sin⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ¹ci
  - MiniDict: ci^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹ji
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕi⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕi⁵²/
- (Northern: Jiading, Suzhou, Changzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsie
  - MiniDict: tsie^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sɪ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sɪ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡sɪ⁵⁵/
- (Northern: Songjiang)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsi
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡si⁵³/
- (Northern: Chongming, Jiaxing)
  - Wugniu: ¹cie
  - MiniDict: cie^平
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕie⁵⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡ɕie⁵³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ¹cien
  - MiniDict: cien^平
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕiẽ̞³³⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕiẽ⁵²/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕĩ⁵³/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ¹tsie; ¹tsian
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡sie³³⁴/, /t͡siã³³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: zienn¹ / zienn⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡si̯ẽ³³/, /t͡si̯ẽ⁴⁵/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕi̯ẽ³³/, /t͡ɕi̯ẽ⁴⁵/

Note: zienn4 - used in 煎油.

Middle Chinese: tsjen

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslen/

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

Definitions

煎

to pan-fry
煎牛排 ― jiān niúpái ― pan-fried steak
to simmer in water; to decoct
煎藥／煎药 ― jiānyào ― to decoct medicine
(literary) to smelt
(literary) to torment; to torture
Classifier for decoctions.
(Hokkien) to boil (a liquid)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 煎 (“to pan-fry”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		煎
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	煎
	Malaysia	煎
	Singapore	煎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	煎
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	煎
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	煎
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	煎
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	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
	Manila (Hokkien)	煎
	Shantou	烙
	Jieyang	烙
	Singapore (Teochew)	烙
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	煎
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	煎
Wu	Shanghai	煎
	Shanghai (Chongming)	煎
	Ningbo	搨
	Ningbo (Zhenhai)	搨
	Ningbo (Fenghua)	搨
	Zhoushan	搨

Compounds

二煎
交煎
以煎止燔
厭煎 / 厌煎
孜煎
急急煎煎
急煎煎
愁煎
憂煎 / 忧煎
懨煎 / 恹煎
朮煎 / 术煎
枯煎
梅煎
河煎
油煎
沸煎
油煎火燎
油煎火辣
淹煎
炰煎
炮煎
烹煎
焚煎
焦煎
煎促
煎劑 / 煎剂
煎厥
煎和
煎唧
煎堆 (jiānduī)
煎夫
煎心
煎悴
煎情
煎擾 / 煎扰
煎敖 (jiān'áo)
煎服 (jiānfú)
煎水作冰
煎沸
煎淚 / 煎泪
煎湯 / 煎汤
煎湯洗臀 / 煎汤洗臀
煎灼
煎炒 (jiānchǎo)
煎炙
煎烹
煎煮
煎煩 / 煎烦
煩煎 / 烦煎
煎煎
煎蒸
煎熬 (jiān'áo)
煎燈 / 煎灯
煎爍 / 煎烁
煎督
煎米
煎糜
煎罵 / 煎骂
煎聒
煎膏炊骨
煎膠續弦 / 煎胶续弦
煎茶 (jiānchá)
煎藥 / 煎药 (jiānyào)
煎蛋捲 / 煎蛋卷 (jiāndànjuǎn)
煎調 / 煎调
煎豆摘瓜
煎蹙
煎迫
煎逼
煎銷 / 煎销
煎鎔 / 煎镕
煎鑠 / 煎铄
煎靡
煎餅 / 煎饼 (jiānbǐng)
煎鹽 / 煎盐
煎點 / 煎点
熬煎 (áojiān)
熬熬煎煎
燃萁煎豆
爊煎
甲煎
百藥煎 / 百药煎
相煎
相煎何急
相煎太急
私煎
腹熱心煎 / 腹热心煎
膏火自煎
苦煎
萁豆相煎
薄煎餅 / 薄煎饼 (bójiānbǐng)
蚵仔煎
蜜煎
蜜煎煎
豆萁相煎
貧煎 / 贫煎
鬥煎 / 斗煎
黏煎

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (煎):

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

Others:

→ Khmer: ជៀន (ciən)
→ Thai: เจี๋ยน (jǐian)
→ Vietnamese: chiên
→ Zhuang: cien

References

“煎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chien⁴
  - Yale: jyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: tsjenH

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	/t͡siᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sian^H/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛn^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔslens/

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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References

“煎”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “煎”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 213.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	Shinjitai (extended)	煎󠄀 煎+`󠄀`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
煎󠄂 煎+`󠄂`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
Print standard	煎
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Kanji

煎

(Jōyō kanji)

roast, boil, parch, broil
jeon (Korean food)
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)

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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Translingual

Han character

Derived characters

References

Chinese

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

Synonyms

Compounds

Descendants

See also

References

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

References

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Korean

Hanja

Vietnamese

Han character