漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
煎: broil, parch
Also: roast, boil
N1 (our estimate)13 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
灬 carries the meaning · 前 is drawn in
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
センsen · on'yomi · in compounds
- 煎餅せんべい(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
- 煎茶せんちゃgreen tea; green leaf tea
いるiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 煎るいるto roast; to parch; to toast
Also read せんじる, にる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“These four dots are flames under a cooking pot! When you see 灬 at the bottom of a kanji, imagine a fire heating something from below.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiān
Same form: 煎 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 煎 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 煎 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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