The kanji 煙: meaning, readings and stroke order

煙

Meaning: smoke
On reading: エン en
Kun reading: けむ（る） kemuru、けむり kemuri、けむ（い） kemui
Strokes: 13
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khói (yên)
Japanese: けむり。
Korean: 연기 (연)
Chinese: 烟

Readings, words and example sentences

エン en · on reading · less common

禁きん煙えん
no smoking
ここは 禁きん煙えんです。
Smoking is not allowed here.

けむ（る） kemuru · kun reading · less common

煙けむる
to look hazy, to be smoky
雨で遠くの山が 煙けむって います。
The far-off mountains look hazy in the rain.

けむり kemuri · kun reading

煙けむり
smoke
たき火の 煙けむりが上がります。
Smoke rises from the campfire.

けむ（い） kemui · kun reading · less common

煙けむい
smoky (stinging your eyes and throat)
部屋が 煙けむいです。
The room is full of stinging smoke.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.