Memory phrase for the character: 烟

烟

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Meaning smoke, soot, cigarette

Pronunciation

yān

Explanation

Left: fire 火, right: reason 因 (For the fence 囗 around the big 大 person is a reason.)

Mnemonic
 
Fire is the reason for smoke.

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
因 reason, cause
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 Vocabulary

烟草 yān cǎo  tobacco
炊烟 chuī yān  smoke from kitchen chimneys
如堕烟雾 rú duò yān wù  as if degenerating into smoke (idiom); ignorant and unable to see where things are heading
烤烟 kǎo yān  flue-cured tobacco
烟花粉黛 yān huā fěn dài  woman; prostitute; love-making; literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan
请勿吸烟 qǐng wù xī yān  No smoking; Please do not smoke
鼻烟壶 bí yān hú  snuff bottle
烟雾 yān wù  smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes
冒烟 mào yān  smoking
卷烟 juǎn yān  cigarette; cigar
烟囱 yān cōng  chimney
烟囱 yān cōng  

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