煙
smoke
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
20 of 150- 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
Study
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.