煙 – smoke

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1290 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 煙 means smoke. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is エン (en); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is けむ.る、けむり、けむ.い (kemuru, kemuri, kemui). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 火 (no. 86).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	エン	en
Kun’yomi	けむ.る	kemuru
Kun’yomi	けむり	kemuri
Kun’yomi	けむ.い	kemui

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 火 (Kangxi radical 86). Components: 火・西・土.

Words using 煙

煙けむりsmoke禁煙きんえんabstaining from smoking煙突えんとつchimney煙いけむいsmoky煙るけむるto smoke (e.g. fire)煙たいけむたいsmoky

Example sentences

エレベーターから煙の臭いがします。

I smell smoke in the elevator.

Tatoeba #227894

いつ禁煙のサインを消すのでしょうね。

When will they turn off the no-smoking sign?

Tatoeba #228670

同様に、禁煙する最大の理由はたいてい、短期的な利点（例えば、以前より健康で魅力的になった気がするということなど）なのである。

Similarly, the strongest reasons for stopping smoking are usually the short-term benefits (for example, feeling healthier and more attractive).

Tatoeba #123638

Kanji with the same radical

点無然火熱爆為燃焦災焼照炎炭烈熟

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