Phono-semantic compound:
火 (fire) – semantic component, indicating heat or cooking;
前 (front, before) – phonetic component, providing the sound 전.
Originally referred to “boiling something down over fire,” later expanding to frying or pan-cooking.

煎藥 (전약) – to decoct medicinal herbs;
煎餅 (전병) – a type of thin fried pancake or cracker;
煎 (전) – shorthand for 부침개 (Korean savory pancake).

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to spread out, to extend, to perform, to act, to explain, to expound, to evolve, to develop

Sino-, China

pond, marsh, swamp, moist, damp, glistening, benefit, favor, grace

wave, billow, surging water

disaster, calamity, catastrophe, fire, conflagration

fierce, intense, violent, strong, severe, vehement, ardent, passionate

to not have, none, nothing

so, thus, in that way

to simmer, to decoct, to fry

to be cooked, ripe, done, to ripen, mature, to be skilled, practiced, familiar

to contend, struggle, quarrel, to compete, vie for, to argue, dispute

to do, to act, to become, to turn into, for the sake of, on behalf of

thing, object, matter, “something, stuff” in general usage

to pull, to lead

to commit, violate, offender, criminal, to intrude, trespass, encroach

form, shape, appearance, document, written form

prison, jail, lawsuit, litigation, trial

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