煎

jiān

j+iān·1st tone

to pan fry · to sauté

Radical: 灬 Strokes: 13 HSK 7-9

Structure: Top large, bottom smallFrequency: Common

Same radical

然点热燕照熟烈焦熊熏煞熙

Same radical

然点热燕照熟烈焦熊熏煞熙烹煮焉

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Character Decomposition

煎=前+灬

Etymology

fire

Meanings

to pan fry

to sauté

jiān

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Words with 煎 97 total

jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe · pancake · CL: zhāng煎饼jiān bǐng

Idioms with 煎 11 total Chain

lit. why the urgent boiling? (idiom) · fig. to attack one's own kin with undue haste; to be cruelly oppressive towards one's own brothers相煎何急xiāng jiān hé jí