煙

Han character edit

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

Derived characters edit

• 𫴍, 𬮕

Related characters edit

• 烟 (Simplified Chinese)

References edit

• 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

Glyph origin edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 煙 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 煙 (Cantonese)
• 烟 (Wu)

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

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.

Synonyms edit

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

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

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

Synonyms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

煙

1. (Southern 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

References edit

• 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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Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings edit

• 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)

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

/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.

Alternative forms edit

• 烟 (less common)

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

煙(けむり) • (kemuri) 

1. smoke

Etymology 2 edit

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

Alternative forms edit

• 烟 (less common)

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

煙(けむ) • (kemu) 

1. (informal, colloquial) smoke

Etymology 3 edit

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.

Alternative forms edit

• 烟 (less common)

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): [ke̞bɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]

Noun edit

煙(けぶり) • (keburi) 

1. (archaic, possibly dialect) smoke

Etymology 4 edit

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

Alternative forms edit

• 烟 (less common)

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

煙(けぶ) • (kebu) 

1. (archaic, possibly dialect) smoke

Etymology 5 edit

From Middle Chinese 煙 (MC 'en).

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): [ẽ̞ɴ]

Affix edit

煙(えん) • (en) 

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

Usage notes edit

Only found in compounds.

Derived terms edit

References edit