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Kotomora

煙

smoke

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • エン

Kun'yomi

  • けむ.る
  • けむり
  • けむ.い

Nanori

  • たば

Meaning

煙 centers on visible airborne particles from burning: smoke. The concept extends naturally to anything smoky or hazy.

Most common words using 煙

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  • 煙草タバコ
    N5

    tobacco; cigarette; cigar

  • 喫煙きつえん
    N1

    smoking (tobacco)

  • 煙けむり
    N3

    smoke; fumes

  • 禁煙きんえん
    N4

    abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking

  • 煙突えんとつ
    N2

    chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); stovepipe

  • 湯煙ゆけむり

    steam

  • 発煙はつえん

    emitting smoke; fuming

  • 煙幕えんまく

    smokescreen

  • 分煙ぶんえん

    separation of smoking and non-smoking areas

  • 狼煙のろし

    beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals

  • 煙管きせる

    (tobacco) pipe with metal tipped stem; kiseru

  • 噴煙ふんえん

    (eruption of) smoke

  • 煙管えんかん

    kiseru; Japanese smoking pipe

  • 嫌煙けんえん

    dislike of smoking

  • 硝煙しょうえん

    gunpowder smoke

  • 煙るけむる
    N1

    to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to smolder

  • 水煙みずけむり

    mist over a body of water; spray

  • 煙火えんか

    smoke and fumes (e.g. from cooking)

  • 煙たいけむたい
    N1

    smoky

  • 土煙つちけむり

    cloud of dust

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Etymology

煙 combines 火 (fire) with 垔, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of something rising or filling the air, together suggesting smoke from fire.

Meaning mnemonic

Fire 火 on the left and a shape 垔 that looks like a heavy lid trapping rising fumes: together they make smoke.

Reading mnemonic

For エン, picture smoke rising from an engine: engine -> エン, and the fire 火 produces thick smoke.