煎 — Chinese character
煎
jiān
to fry in fat or oil; to boil in water
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 前 灬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 灬; sound component 前
- Japanese
- 煎 as a kanji
Common words with 煎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煎熬 | jiān áo | to suffer; to torture |
| 煎饼 (煎餅) | jiān bǐng | jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake |
| 煎蛋 | jiān dàn | fried egg |
| 煎炸 | jiān zhá | to fry |
| 煎锅 (煎鍋) | jiān guō | frying pan |
| 煎炒 | jiān chǎo | to lightly fry |
| 水煎包 | shuǐ jiān bāo | pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filling |
| 熬煎 | áo jiān | suffering; torture |
| 煎蛋卷 | jiān dàn juǎn | omelet |
| 峇拉煎 | bā lā jiān | (loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste) |
| 滚油煎心 (滾油煎心) | gǔn yóu jiān xīn | to suffer mental anguish (idiom) |
| 焙煎 | bèi jiān | to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc); to torrefy |
煎 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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