tobacco

HSK 10

Nature →Plants →Herbs

yān, yū

エン、ヨ、オン

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 於 represents the sound.

Components

艹 grass (top)+ 於 at =

菸 tobacco

艹 Meaning component

cao grass (top)

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

於 Phonetic component

Yū at

surname Yu

View phonetic series →

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

菸

Regular

Modern

Chinese

菸 [yān]

variant of 煙|烟[yān]; cigarette; tobacco; smoke

菸 [yū]

to wither; dried leaves; faded; withered

Japanese

煙、烟 (rare) けむり、けむ、けぶ、けぶり (old) 同音

noun smoke; fumes

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

エレベーターから煙の臭いがします。

I smell smoke in the elevator.

CHINESE WORDS (9)

抽菸 [chōuyān]

variant of 抽煙|抽烟[chōuyān]

菸斗 [yāndǒu]

variant of 煙斗|烟斗[yāndǒu]

variant of 煙蒂|烟蒂[yāndì]