Japanese Kanji

en

smoke

Secondary school · JLPT N2 · 13 strokes

Readings

  • ONエンen
  • KUNけむ.るkemu
  • KUNけむりkemuri
  • KUNけむ.いkemu

Meaning

Smoke.

Stroke order for 煙

煙 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N2 (upper intermediate) level. With 13 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.

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