煙

音読おんよみ: エン

訓読くんよみ: けむり・
けむ・けむ

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: ひへん(火)

Meaning

Smoke / Fumes

  • けむる — to smoke; to be smoky
  • けむり — smoke
  • けむい — smoky; stifling
  • 喫煙きつえん — smoking (tobacco)
  • 煙突えんとつ — chimney
  • 煙幕えんまく — smoke screen

煙 is phono-semantic: the left side 火偏 signals fire/heat, while the right component provides the sound エン and hints at something enclosed or lingering. Together they point to smoke that rises and hangs, hence meanings like “smoke” and “fumes.”

◀︎ Sayings+ ▶︎