Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

1290 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: smoke

Kunyomi: けむ.る けむり けむ.い

Onyomi: エン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひへん

Meaning: fire

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

突(えんとつ)   chimney

幕(えんまく)   smokescreen

(こくえん)   black smoke

筒(はつえんとう)   smoke candle

所(きつえんじょ)   smoking area

する(きんえんする)   quit smoking

(けむり)   smoke, fumes

る(けむる)   smoke, appear dim [v.i.]

たい(けむたい)   smoky, awkward feeling [adj.]

Onyomi Examples

エントツ chimney, smokestack, funnel (of a ship), stovepipe, carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

タバコ tobacco, cigarette, cigaret, cigar, tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

フンエン (eruption of) smoke

コクエン black smoke

Kunyomi Examples

けむる to smoke (e.g. fire), to billow smoke, to smoulder, to smolder, to be hazy, to look dim

けむり smoke, fumes

感知器 けむりかんちき smoke detector

こくえん black smoke

すなけむり cloud of sand (dust, etc.)

けむい smoky