煙

煙 U+7159, 煙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7159 ← 煘 [U+7158] CJK Unified Ideographs 煚 → [U+715A]

Traditional	煙
Simplified	烟
Japanese	煙
Korean	煙

煙 (Kangxi radical 86, 火+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火一田土 (FMWG), four-corner 9181₄, composition ⿰火垔)

• 𫴍, 𬮕

• 烟 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 677, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19203
• Dae Jaweon: page 1088, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2215, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7159

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qiːn) : semantic 火 (“fire”) + phonetic 垔 (OC *qin).

trad.		煙/菸*
simp.		烟*
alternative forms		烟 𠖣 𤎟 𡨾 𠖜 烟 𠖣 𤎟 𡨾 𠖜 𤏯
菸 – Taiwan, when related to tobacco

煙

1. smoke; mist; vapour (Classifier: 陣／阵 m c; 團／团 m; 縷／缕 m c; 層／层 m c)

   煙囪裡噴出一團黑煙。 [MSC, trad.]
   烟囱里喷出一团黑烟。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yāncōng lǐ pēnchū yī tuán hēi yān. [Pinyin]

   The chimney blew out a cloud of black smoke.

2. tobacco (plant)
3. tobacco product

   這是一種味淡的煙。 [MSC, trad.]
   这是一种味淡的烟。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè shì yī zhǒng wèi dàn de yān. [Pinyin]

   This is a mild tobacco.

4. cigarette (Classifier: 支 m c; 根 m; 飛／飞 c)

   把煙滅了。／把烟灭了。  ―  Bǎ yān miè le.  ―  Put out the cigarette.

   他給我捲了一支煙。 [MSC, trad.]
   他给我卷了一支烟。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā gěi wǒ juǎn le yī zhī yān. [Pinyin]

   He rolled a cigarette for me.

5. opium

   虎門銷煙／虎门销烟  ―  Hǔmén xiāo yān  ―  destruction of opium at Humen

6. soot
7. to irritate the eyes by smoke

   做菜忘了開抽油煙機，煙得我流淚。 [MSC, trad.]
   做菜忘了开抽油烟机，烟得我流泪。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuòcài wàng le kāi chōuyóuyānjī, yān de wǒ liúlèi. [Pinyin]

   When I was cooking, I forgot to turn on the range hood, and the smoke made my eyes water.

• (smoke): 煙子／烟子 (yānzi); (Sichuan) 煙煙兒／烟烟儿

trad.		煙
simp.		烟*

Short for 煙士／烟士 (jin¹ si^6-2, “(card games) ace”).

煙

1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, informal, card games) ace (Classifier: 隻／只 c; 條／条 c)

   啤煙／啤烟 [Cantonese]  ―  pe¹ jin¹ [Jyutping]  ―  pair of aces

trad.		煙/菸*
simp.		烟*

煙

1. (Southern Min, Puxian Min) Alternative form of 薰 (“tobacco; cigarette”)
   • 2003, “醉英雄”, 李岩修 (lyrics), 徐嘉良 [Galon Hsu] (music)‎^[1]performed by 蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai]:

     煙一支　檳榔一嘴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     烟一支　槟榔一嘴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     hun chi̍t ki, pin-nn̂g chi̍t chhùi [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     One cigarette, one bite of betel nut

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02420
• “煙”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Shinjitai	煙
Kyūjitai [1][2]	煙󠄁 煙+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	煙󠄃 煙+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: えん (en, Jōyō)
• Kun: けむい (kemui, 煙い, Jōyō)、けむり (kemuri, 煙, Jōyō)、けむる (kemuru, 煙る, Jōyō)、けぶ (kebu, 煙)、けぶい (kebui, 煙い)、けぶたい (kebutai, 煙たい)、けぶり (keburi, 煙)、けぶる (keburu, 煙る)、けむ (kemu, 煙)、けむたい (kemutai, 煙たい)、けむたがる (kemutagaru, 煙たがる)、けむり (kemuri, 煙り)、すす (susu, 煙)

Kanji in this term
煙
けむり Grade: S
kun'yomi

/keburi/ → /kemuri/

Shift from Old Japanese-derived keburi reading (see below) as a regular /b/ → /m/ change.^[3][4][5] Appears in the Taiheiki of the late 1300s.

Now the most common reading.

• 烟 (less common)

• (Tokyo) けむり [kèmúrí] (Heiban – [0])^[4][6][7]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞mɯ̟ɾʲi]

煙(けむり) • (kemuri) 

1. smoke

Kanji in this term
煙
けむ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Clipping of earlier kemuri (see above).^[3][4] Appears in kabuki plays of the late Edo Period (late 1700s, early 1800s).

• 烟 (less common)

• (Tokyo) けむ [kèmú] (Heiban – [0])^[4][7]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞mɯ̟]

煙(けむ) • (kemu) 

1. (informal, colloquial) smoke

Kanji in this term
煙
けぶり Grade: S
kun'yomi

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 煙る (keburu, “to be smoky, to give off smoke”).^[3][4][5] Appears with this reading in the Man'yōshū.

• 烟 (less common)

• IPA^(key): [ke̞bɯ̟ɾʲi]

煙(けぶり) • (keburi) 

1. (archaic, possibly dialect) smoke

Kanji in this term
煙
けぶ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Clipping of earlier keburi (see above).^[3][4][5]

• 烟 (less common)

• (Tokyo) けぶ [kèbú] (Heiban – [0])^[4]
• IPA^(key): [ke̞bɯ̟]

煙(けぶ) • (kebu) 

1. (archaic, possibly dialect) smoke

Kanji in this term
煙
えん Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 煙 (MC 'en).

• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

煙(えん) • (en) 

1. smoke
2. fog, mist
3. soot
4. tobacco, tobacco products such as cigarettes or cigars

Only found in compounds.

煙 (eumhun 연기 연 (yeon'gi yeon))

1. hanja form^? of 연 (“smoke”)

• 연기 (煙氣, yeon'gi, “smoke”)
• 연막 (煙幕, yeonmak, “smokescreen”)
• 매연 (煤煙, maeyeon, “exhaust”)

煙: Hán Nôm readings: yên

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