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烟

yān

smoke

HSK 3 · Topic “Nature and animals”
A curl rising from an ember
Memory picture

Character

烟 yān

Strokes
10
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 因 cause, reason
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这里有烟。 Zhèlǐ yǒu yān. There is smoke here.
  • 请别吸烟。 Qǐng bié xī yān. Please do not smoke.
  • 烟太大了。 Yān tài dà le. There is too much smoke.

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