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Kanji Detail for 煙 - "smoke, tobacco"

煙

  • Meaning

    煙 means "smoke, tobacco." Also associated with haze.

    1. Smoke - Rising vapor; soot.

    2. Haze - Smoke-like substances; mist.

    3. Tobacco - Cigarettes; opium.

    4. Smoky - Eyes stinging from smoke; feeling awkward.

  • Words using 煙

    • 黒煙 こくえん Listen black smoke
    • 噴煙 ふんえん Listen (eruption of) smoke
    • 煙い けむい Listen smoky
    • 煙る けむる Listen to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder

  • Four-character idioms with 煙

    • 砲煙弾雨 ほうえんだんう Listen the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells
    • 硝煙弾雨 しょうえんだんう Listen smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle
    • 雲煙万里 うんえんばんり Listen limitless expanse of clouds and smoke
    • 雲煙過眼 うんえんかがん Listen not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one's eyes)
    • 雲煙飛動 うんえんひどう Listen flying clouds and drifting haze; magnificent calligraphy; vivid penmanship

  • Tattoo check: 煙

    • Verified meaning: smoke, tobacco
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: haze

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    smoke

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Gas that rises when things burn due to fire. Usually with materials like firewood and charcoal, when the carbon content is not oxidized, black smoke is produced. Others may be white, yellow, or red, all differing due to chemical reactions. | Any vapor is often called 煙. As in 雲煙 (clouds and mist), 煙霧 (mist). | A type of indulgence. Made from tobacco. As in 煙絲 (tobacco shreds), 煙捲 (cigarettes). | Soot is called 煙. As in using 松煙 (pine soot) or 桐煙 (tung oil soot) for making ink. | [Character analysis] Also written as variant.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    en(エン) エン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kemu.i(けむ-い) けむ-い

    kemu.ru(けむ-る) けむ-る

    kemuri(けむり) けむり

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    smoke haze tobacco ash smoky fumes vapor chimney cigar fire incense mist soot steam cloud rising pollution exhaust stinging

Sentences including 煙

  • There is no smoke without fire.

  • I can't give up smoking.

  • Father decided to stop smoking.

  • You are not supposed to smoke here.

  • I could not refrain from smoking.

  • The doctor told mr smith to give up smoking.

  • What method did you use to give up smoking?

  • The doctor told him to cut down on smoking.

  • First , you have to stop smoking.

  • He has given up smoking for the sake of his health.

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