# 煎

| 煎 | U+714E, &#29006; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-714E |
| ← 煍 [U+714D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 煏 → [U+714F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

煎 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿月弓火 (TBNF), four-corner 8033$_2$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (jian$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jian$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zin$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): den$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jien$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chiên
    (Meixian, Guangdong): jiên$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jie$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): cíng
* Eastern Min (BUC): ciĕng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): choaⁿ / chian
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziang$^1$ / ziêng$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ci
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zienn$^1$ / zienn$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jian
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^1$
*** Yale: jyān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jian$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gian
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛn⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zin$^1$
*** Yale: jīn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzin$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jin$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siːn⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: den$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ten³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: jien$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiɛn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiên
*** Hakka Romanization System: jien$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: jian$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯en²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: jiên$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡siɛn⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jie$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕie¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cíng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siŋ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ciĕng
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieŋ⁵⁵/
* 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/
* choaⁿ - vernacular (“to boil (a liquid)/to simmer in water”);
* chian - literary ("to pan-fry").
* 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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zin$^1$ |
* 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 | 煎 |
| 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

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 煎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 煎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 煎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 煎 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 煎 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 煎 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 煎 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 煎 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 煎, 燩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 煎 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 煎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 煎 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 煎 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 煎 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 煎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 煎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 煎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 煎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 煎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 煎 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 烙 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 烙 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 烙 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 煎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 煎 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 煎 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 煎 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 搨 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Zhenhai) | 搨 |
| Wu | Ningbo (Fenghua) | 搨 |
| Wu | 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
* 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

* → Japanese: 煎(せん) (sen)
* → Korean: 전(煎) (jeon)
Others:
* → Khmer: ជៀន (ciən)
* → Thai: เจี๋ยน (jǐian)
* → Vietnamese: chiên
* → Zhuang: cien

#### See also

* 煸 (biān)
* 炒 (chǎo)
* 炸 (zhá)

#### References

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

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiàn (jian$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiàn
*** Wade–Giles: chien$^4$
*** Yale: jyàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
*** Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /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$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡si̯ɛn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zin$^3$ |
* 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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## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 煎󠄂 煎+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| Kyūjitai | 煎 |
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### Kanji

(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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