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煎 = 前 + 灬

煎 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “roast”. It is built from 前 (in front) and 灬 (fire radical). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 310.

Keyword
roast
RTK frame
310
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
せん.じる, い.る, に.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
broil, жарить
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
煎 fry in fat or oil

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 前 in front
  2. 灬 fire radical

How to find 煎 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “in front” + “fire radical”. 煎 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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