Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
broil, parch, roast, boil
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 煎 【セン】 infusing (tea), infusion
  • 煎餅 【センベイ】 (Japanese) rice cracker, senbei
  • 焙煎 【バイセン】 roasting (e.g. of coffee)
  • 香煎 【コウセン】 flour made from parched barley, powdered roast grain mixed with herbs, spices, dried citrus peel, etc. (added to hot water to make a drink)

Kun reading compounds

  • 煎じる 【せんじる】 to boil, to decoct, to infuse
  • 炒る 【いる】 to roast, to parch, to toast, to boil down

Readings

Japanese names:
いり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

611 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1933 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2950 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2054 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19184X Morohashi
3453 New Nelson (John Haig)
2548 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
310 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
940 2001 Kanji
2o11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
8033.2 Four corner code
1-32-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
714e Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
Variants:
dose, medicine, drug
Kun:
かるけず.る
On:
ザイスイセイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剤 【ザイ】 medicine, agent, (chemical) substance, drug, dose
  • 剤形 【ザイケイ】 dosage form
  • 薬剤 【ヤクザイ】 medicine, drug, chemical
  • 覚醒剤 【カクセイザイ】 stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
je, ja

Spanish

  • medicina
  • droga

Portuguese

  • dose
  • remédio
  • droga

French

  • dose
  • médicament
  • drogue
  • produit pour...
1296 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
949 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5424 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1497 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1096 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
550 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
559 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1780 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
200 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2102 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1094 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1491 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1746 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2076P Morohashi
1669 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
493 New Nelson (John Haig)
1730 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1867 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1312 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
443 2001 Kanji
2f8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-2 SKIP code
0220.0 Four corner code
1-26-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5264 Unicode hex code