煙
煙 — Smoke
smoke
On’yomiエン (en)
Kun’yomiけむる (kemuru)
Kun’yomiけむり (kemuri)
Kun’yomiけむい (kemui)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 煙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煙 | けむり kemuri | smoke; fumes |
| 喫煙 | きつえん kitsuen | smoking (tobacco) |
| 禁煙 | きんえん kinen | abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking |
| 黒煙 | こくえん kokuen | black smoke |
| 煙い | けむい kemui | smoky |
| 煙たい | けむたい kemutai | smoky; awkward; uncomfortable |
Study notes
煙 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1290 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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