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煙 = 火 + 西 + 土
煙 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “smoke”. It is built from 火 (fire), 西 (west) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1739.
- Keyword
- smoke
- RTK frame
- 1739
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- エン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- けむ.る, けむり, けむ.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- дым
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 煙 smoke
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 煙 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “west” + “soil”. 煙 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 煙 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.