煙 (yān)

smoke; cigarette; tobacco

How 煙 is written

Strokes
13
Radical
火 — fire
Traditional
煙
Simplified
烟

Components

Common words using 煙

吸煙 xīyān
to smoke
戒煙 jièyān
to give up smoking
抽煙 chōuyān
to smoke (a cigarette, tobacco)
烽煙 fēngyān
fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)
煙火 yānhuǒ
smoke and fire; fireworks
煙花 yānhuā
fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
七竅生煙 qīqiàoshēngyān
lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom); fig. to seethe with anger
二手煙 èrshǒuyān
second-hand smoke
人煙 rényān
sign of human habitation
冒煙 màoyān
to discharge smoke; to fume with rage
濃煙 nóngyān
thick smoke
炊煙 chuīyān
smoke from kitchen chimneys

煙 in a sentence

這裡禁止抽煙,請你到外面去。

Zhèlǐ jìnzhǐ chōuyān, qǐng nǐ dào wàimiàn qù.

“Smoking is prohibited here; please go outside.”

How common is 煙?

煙 is the 965th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 88.6% of all running text.

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