煙

音読おんよみ: エン

訓読くんよみ: けむる・けむり・けむい

画数かくすう: 13

部首ぶしゅ: 火偏(ひへん)

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.”

くさえん煙草(たばこ)— historical spelling; connects the idea of plants and smoke.

Creates

煙突えんとつ — chimney; smokestack.

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