烟

cigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gen1]; smoke; mist; vapour; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #442 U+70DF

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

火 (semantic, “fire”) + 因 (phonetic, yīn)

components: 火因

smoke · Heisig RSH #552

火 fire + 因 cause

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 因

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 因 (yīn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
因 sound component	yīn	cause, reason; by; because
恩	ēn	kindness, mercy, charity
咽	yàn	throat; pharynx
茵	yīn	mattress, cushion; wormwood, Skimmia japon
胭	yān	cosmetics, rouge
洇	yīn	to soak; to blot, to splotch
氤	yīn	fog, mist
铟	yīn	indium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
烟花市	yān huā shì	(old) red-light district; brothel
电子烟	diàn zǐ yān	e-cigarette; vape
不食人间烟火	bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ	otherworldly; detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life
烟台市	Yān tái Shì	Yantai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省\|山东省[Shan1 dong1 Sheng3]
烟花风月	yān huā fēng yuè	refers to lovemaking (idiom)
烟火气	yān huǒ qì	cooking smells; (fig.) lively atmosphere
水烟管	shuǐ yān guǎn	bong; water pipe (for tobacco etc); hookah
二手烟	èr shǒu yān	second-hand smoke
点烟器	diǎn yān qì	cigarette lighter (in a car); 12-volt cigarette lighter receptacle
烟花场	yān huā chǎng	brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
烟管面	yān guǎn miàn	elbow pasta
烟花行院	yān huā háng yuàn	brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)
人烟	rén yān	sign of human habitation
大烟	dà yān	opium
烟花女	yān huā nǚ	prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
水烟	shuǐ yān	shredded tobacco for water pipes
烟头	yān tóu	variant of 菸頭\|烟头[yan1 tou2]
烟头	yān tóu	cigarette butt; CL:根[gen1]
油烟机	yóu yān jī	range hood; exhaust hood
无烟	wú yān	nonsmoking (e.g. environment)