煎

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to pan fry; to sauté

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

灬 meaning “fire” + 前 sound ( qián )

Components 前灬

saute · Heisig RSH #1627

前 in front + cooking fire

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
水煎包	shuǐ jiān bāo	pan-fried bun (covered and steamed after pan-frying), usually with pork or vegetable filli…
生煎包	shēng jiān bāo	pan-fried dumpling
煎炸食品	jiān zhá shí pǐn	fried food
滚油煎心	gǔn yóu jiān xīn	to suffer mental anguish (idiom)
煎蛋卷	jiān dàn juǎn	omelet
生煎	shēng jiān	shengjian, a pan-fried bun filled with meat and juices, a Shanghai specialty
煎炸油	jiān zhá yóu	frying oil
煎蛋	jiān dàn	fried egg
煎牛扒	jiān niú bā	beef steak
煎锅	jiān guō	frying pan
煎饼	jiān bǐng	jianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake; CL:張\|张[zhang1]
煎炸	jiān zhá	to fry
煎猪扒	jiān zhū bā	pork steak
煎炒	jiān chǎo	to lightly fry
峇拉煎	bā lā jiān	(loanword) belachan (South-East Asian condiment made from fermented shrimp paste)
焙煎	bèi jiān	to dry and roast over a low fire (tea, chestnuts, seaweed etc); to torrefy
煎熬	jiān áo	to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment
熬煎	áo jiān	suffering; torture
煎饺	jiān jiǎo	fried dumpling
蚵仔煎	é zǐ jiān	(Tw) oyster omelette (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô-á-tsian])

Characters sharing the sound component 前 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
前 sound part	qián	in front, forward; former, preceding
箭	jiàn	arrow; a type of bamboo
剪	jiǎn	scissors; to cut, to divide, to separate
湔	jiān	to wash, to cleanse; to purge
翦	jiǎn	scissors; to cut, to clip; to annihilate