煎

13 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

broil, parch, roast, boil

Kun'yomi
  • せんじる
    		to boil
  • いる
    		to roast
  • にる
On'yomi
  • セン
    		infusing (tea)
Nanori
  • いり

Main Radical

火(KanXi) 八(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

セン 40.1%
せんじる 40.1%
いる 19.9%

Character Breakdown

broil, parch, roast
セン　せん.じる　い.る (11th)
in front, before
まえ　ゼン　さき (2nd, N5)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
cutting off feet as form of punishment
ゲツ　グチ　ゴツ
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ　カ

Common Words

ばい
焙
せん
煎
roasting (e.g. of coffee)
せん
煎
　
じ
　
る
to boil
　
お
せん
煎
rice cracker
に
二
ばん
番
せん
煎
　
じ
rehash ②second brew of tea
せん
煎
　
じ
つ
詰
　
め
　
る
to boil down
ゆ
湯
せん
煎
warming (something) in a vessel placed in hot water
ふか
深
い
煎
　
り
dark roast (coffee)
しお
塩
せん
煎
べい
餅
rice cracker seasoned with soy sauce
い
煎
　
り
まめ
豆
parched or roasted beans (or soybeans)
あさ
浅
い
煎
　
り
light roast (coffee)
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References

Unicode hex code 714E
JIS X 0208 1-32-89
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 611
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3453
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2950
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2054
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2548
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 310
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19184X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1933
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2o11.2
Four corner code 8033.2
De Roo Code 940