Kanji

煙

煙

smoke

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

火部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

エン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

けむる, けむり, けむい

Common Readings

エン, けむ…い, けむり, けむ…る

Example sentences

煙 けむり
山 から 白い 煙 が 立ち上がっている 。

White smoke is rising from the mountain.

立ち上る たちのぼる
火山 の 噴火口 から 黒い 煙 が 立ち上っている

Black smoke is rising from the volcano's crater.

煙草 たばこ
彼 は 健康 の ため に 煙草 を 辞めた 。

He quit smoking for his health.

店内 てんない
店内 は 禁煙 です ので 、 お 煙草 は ご 遠慮 ください 。

Smoking is prohibited inside the shop, so please refrain from smoking.

土煙 つちけむり
馬車 が 土煙 を 上げて 走り去った

The carriage drove away, kicking up a cloud of dust.

駟介旁旁 しかいほうほう
戦場 で は 駟介旁旁 として 戦車 が 土煙 を 上げている 。

On the battlefield, armored chariots are rushing about, kicking up clouds of dust.

煙突 えんとつ
遠く に 工場 の 煙突 が 見える 。

You can see the factory chimneys in the distance.

煤煙 ばいえん
工場 の 煙突 から 黒い 煤煙 が 立ち上っている 。

Black soot and smoke is rising from the factory chimney.

狼煙 のろし
新しい 時代 の 狼煙 が 上がった

A signal fire for a new era has been raised.

Example Vocabulary

煙

けむり

smoke

煙草

たばこ

tobacco; cigarette; smoking

土煙

つちけむり

cloud of dust; dust storm

黒煙

こくえん

煙突

えんとつ

chimney, smokestack

煙幕

えんまく

白煙

はくえん

煙を吐く

けむりをはく

煙に巻く

けむにまく

狼煙

のろし

signal fire; smoke signal; signal for a movement

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