焙煎
bèi​jiān

roast

焙 bèi dry over slow fire

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
咅
咅 Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbwojH[b]ˤə-sbake, roast [not in GSR]
Zhengzhangbɯːs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

煎 jiān fry in fat or oil

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 前 represents the sound.

Components

灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

前
前 Sound component
qián in front

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslen
ʔslens
Unicodetziɛn

說文解字

熬也。从火前聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)