CHINESE CHARACTER

烟 (yān): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

yān

smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

HSK 410 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

火

Primary radical

火 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 烟.

因

Phonetic component

因 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 10

Write 烟 in 10 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 烟

烟yān

HSK 4 · cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

炊烟chuīyān

HSK 7-9 · smoke from kitchen chimneys

烟囱yāncōng

HSK 7-9 · chimney; smokestack; stovepipe

烟花yānhuā

HSK 7-9 · fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)

烟火yānhuǒ

HSK 7-9 · smoke and fire; cooked food; (literary) beacon fire; (literary) descendants; posterity; fireworks

Examples using 烟

烟

她停下来抽了根烟。

Tā tíng xià lái chōu le gēn yān。

She stopped to smoke a cigarette.

烟囱

烟从烟囱上升。

Yān cóng yān cōng shàng shēng。

Smoke is rising from the chimney.

烟花

昨晚，烟花厂发生了爆炸。

Zuó wǎn， yān huā chǎng fā shēng le bào zhà。

Yesterday, an explosion occurred at the fireworks factory.

FAQ

What does 烟 (yān) mean in Chinese?

smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

How do you write 烟 in stroke order?

烟 has 10 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 烟?

火 is the radical in 烟. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 烟?

烟 (yān): cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke; 炊烟 (chuīyān): smoke from kitchen chimneys; 烟囱 (yāncōng): chimney; smokestack; stovepipe.