煎 Roast

Radical Combination

• 前

  Before
• 灬

  Boil

Meaning

Primary

Roast

Mnemonic

Before you boil something, make sure that you roast it.

Hints

Why would you roast something before you boil it? Because that something is tea! Or maybe coffee. Tea leaves and coffee beans are roasted before they're boiled.

Readings

On’yomi

せん

Kun’yomi

い

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Now you roast yourself some centaur (せん). Roasted centaur goes well with tea.

Hints

Smell the wafting scent of roasted centaur as you sip on your freshly-roasted tea.