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煙

smoke
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingエン
Kun readingけむ.る、けむり、けむ.い
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. smokeRtK

Popular Usage

禁煙煙突煙い煙る煙たい

Radicals and components

Radical火fire灬variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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hearth fire · old west · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1739

Compound words

禁煙きんえん
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
煙いけむい
smoky
煙突えんとつ
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe; carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
煙るけむる
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to be hazy
煙たいけむたい
smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease
喫煙きつえん
smoking (tobacco)
硝煙しょうえん
gunpowder smoke
発煙はつえん
emitting smoke; fuming
黒煙こくえん
black smoke
煙草タバコ
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
噴煙ふんえん
(eruption of) smoke
発煙筒はつえんとう
smoke bomb; smoke candle
煙雨えんう
misty, fine or drizzling rain
煙火えんか
smoke and fumes (e.g. from cooking)
煙霞えんか
smoke and mist
煙害えんがい
smoke pollution
煙管キセル
(tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem
煙死えんし
death by smoke suffocation
煙弾えんだん
smoke bomb
煙毒えんどく
smoke pollution
煙幕えんまく
smokescreen
煙霧えんむ
haze
紫煙しえん
purple smoke
煤煙ばいえん
dirty smoke

Kun Reading Examples

彼は部屋に満ちていた煙にむせ返った。けむり
He was choked by the smoke which filled the room.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は年中喫煙をしている。
He always indulges in smoking.tatoeba
彼は息子の喫煙をやめさせようとした。
He tried to break his son's habit of smoking.tatoeba
彼は女性の喫煙をいいものだと認めない。
He doesn't approve of women smoking.tatoeba
彼は私に禁煙を命じた。
He told me not to smoke.tatoeba
主に銭湯の煙突掃除を行う。
Chimney cleaner is mainly engaged in cleaning the chimneys of public bath houses.wiki
切妻造、3階建、煙突と暖炉4箇所の邸宅。
Three-storey residence with gable roof and 4 chimneys and fireplaces.wiki

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 煙

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