煤ばい煙えん

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Meanings

soot and smoke; dirty smoke

Refers to smoke containing soot or particulate matter, often from industrial or combustion sources. Commonly used in environmental and pollution contexts.

工こう場じょうから出でる煤ばい煙えんが大たい気き汚お染せんの原げん因いんになっている。
Soot and smoke from factories are a cause of air pollution.
煤ばい煙えん防ぼう止しのための規き制せいが強きょう化かされた。
Regulations for the prevention of soot and smoke have been tightened.

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Kanji

煤soot, smoke dried
煙smoke
烟smoke

Related words

黒こく煙えん
煤煙 specifically denotes soot-laden smoke from industrial burning, while 黒煙 is the more general term for any dark smoke.
煙けむりN3
煤煙 is a more formal, technical word for sooty industrial smoke, whereas 煙 is the everyday general term for any smoke.

Written forms

煤ばい煙えんUsage59%
Standard kanji spelling for soot and smoke, especially in environmental contexts.
ばい煙えんUsage40%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling commonly used in official documents and news when the first kanji is considered difficult.
煤ばい烟えんUsage1%
Variant using a simplified second kanji; less common than 煤煙.

Etymology

Compound of 煤 (ばい, 'soot') and 煙 (えん, 'smoke'). The reading ばい for 煤 is the on'yomi, and えん for 煙 is also on'yomi, forming a standard Sino-Japanese compound.