煎 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

broil, parch, roast, boil

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • センJHS
Kun (native)
  • せん(じる)
  • い(る)JHS
  • に(る)
Nanori (used in names)
  • いり
Other languages
  • 拼音jian1
  • 한글jeon
  • Hán-ViệtTiên
  • Hán-ViệtTiễn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
火(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+714E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱前灬

Words using this kanji

  • 煎餅せんべい穀物の粉をこね、薄く延べて、熱を加え固めた食物。(Japanese) rice cracker, senbei
  • 煎茶せんちゃ緑茶の日本における代表的な種類。玉露より劣り番茶よりまさるものとされる。 茶葉を湯などで煎じ出すこと。また、煎じ出した茶。green tea, green leaf tea, non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha), medium-grade green tea
  • せんinfusing (tea), infusion
  • ジョンjeon (fried dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg)
  • 煎剤せんざいdecoction
  • 煎鍋いりなべroasting pan
  • 煎薬せんやく煮出してそれを飲む薬。煎じ薬。(medical) decoction, infusion
  • 煎じるせんじる〔茶や生薬を〕水などの液体に入れ、よく煮て、成分を液体中にしみ出させる。to boil, to decoct, to infuse
  • 煎じ薬せんじぐすり漢方薬を煮出してそれを飲む薬。煎薬。(medical) decoction, infusion
  • 煎じ茶せんじちゃdecoction of tea
  • 煎り豆いりまめparched or roasted beans (or soybeans)
  • 煎れるいれるto be roasted, to be parched, to be irritated, to be annoyed
  • 煎ずるせんずるto boil, to decoct, to infuse
  • 煎茶道せんちゃどうsencha tea ceremony, Way of Sencha Tea
  • 煎じ出すせんじだすto extract by boiling, to prepare an infusion of, to decoct
  • 煎りつくいりつくto be scorched, to boil down
  • 煎りたていりたてfreshly roasted (e.g. coffee beans), freshly parched
  • 煎り豆腐いりどうふboiled and seasoned tofu
  • 煎り胡麻いりごまroasted sesame seeds
  • 煎じ詰めるせんじつめるto boil down, to condense, to think through to the end, to reduce to essentials

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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2-3-10
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8033.2
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310
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