Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 垔 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (煙)
Simplified (烟)
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Historical Evolution
煙
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
煙
Bronze
Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
煙
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
煙
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
煙
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
煙
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
煙
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
煙
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
煙
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
煙
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
煙
Regular
Modern
Chinese
烟 / 煙 [yān]
cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gēn]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lǚ]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (146)
抽烟 [chōuyān] #2,645
to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
吸烟 [xīyān] #4,768
to smoke
香烟 [xiāngyān] #4,419
cigarette
烟花 [yānhuā] #7,737
fireworks
烟草 [yāncǎo] #7,142
tobacco
烟雾 [yānwù] #6,333
smoke
戒烟 [jièyān] #9,490
to give up smoking
烟火 [yānhuǒ] #11,980
smoke and fire
烟囱 [yāncōng] #10,783
chimney
浓烟 [nóngyān] #18,372
thick smoke
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JAPANESE WORDS (172)
⭐ 煙 [けむり] #2,343
smoke
⭐ 花火 [はなび] #4,827
fireworks
⭐ 煙草 [タバコ] #8,369
tobacco
土煙 [つちけむり] #16,665
cloud of dust
⭐ 黒煙 [こくえん] #17,527
black smoke
⭐ 煙突 [えんとつ] #18,523
chimney
煙を吐く [けむりをはく] #21,531
to emit smoke
⭐ 煙る [けむる] #22,457
to smoke (e.g. fire)
白煙 [はくえん] #23,057
white smoke
煙幕 [えんまく] #23,265
smokescreen
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