烟

yīn · yū

cigarette or pipe tobacco · smoke

Radical: 火 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

火灵灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾炉

Same radical

火灵灰灯炎烦灭烂烧炮灾炉烛灶焚

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Character Decomposition

烟=火+因

Etymology

fire

Meanings

cigarette or pipe tobacco

smoke

mist

vapour

tobacco plant

(of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

yān

tobacco

yān

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Words with 烟 596 total

opium大烟dà yān fire beacon (used as alarm signal over long distance)烽烟fēng yān snuff (powdered tobacco for sniffing)鼻烟bí yān plug (of tobacco)板烟bǎn yān smoke signal indicating the presence of hostile forces狼烟láng yān

Idioms with 烟 65 total

ephemeral (idiom)过眼烟云guò yǎn yān yún ephemeral (idiom)过眼云烟guò yǎn yún yān vast as the open sea (idiom); fig. extensive (library)浩如烟海hào rú yān hǎi desolate and uninhabited (idiom)荒无人烟huāng wú rén yān lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) · fig. to be annihilated · to vanish in a puff of smoke灰飞烟灭huī fēi yān miè