Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 煙


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Meaning

smoke

Pronunciation

EN
kemuri, kemui/tai

Explanation

Left: fire , right: west 西 (Sunset under the horizon of the sun in the west), earth

Mnemonic

(Westerly winds are commonly frequent.) A fire from the west of the earth brings us the: smoke.

Radicals

fire(Picture of a fire)
西 west(The upper stroke can be seen as horizon. Below a variante of sun and two legs , which here stand for a downward motion: Belos the horizon sinks the sun (at sunset) in the west.)
earth(ground, soil)
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Vocabulary

禁煙 きんえん No Smoking!
けむり smoke, fumes
煙い けむい smoky
煙たい けむたい smoky, feeling awkward
煙る けむる to smoke (e.g. fire)
煙突 えんとつ chimney


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