The kanji 煙 represents "smoke," "fumes," or "haze." It refers to the visible vapor and particulate matter that rises from a fire or other combustion. It can also imply a more general sense of something that obscures or clouds vision.

・On-yomi (音読み): ⚫︎ *en* (エン) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ⚫︎ *kemuri* (けむり) - smoke ⚫︎ *kemuru* (けむる) - to smoke, to be smoky

⚫︎ 煙突 Translation: chimney ⚫︎ 禁煙 Translation: no smoking, non-smoking ⚫︎ 煙たい Translation: smoky; stuffy

The kanji 煙 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字). It is made up of two parts: ⚫︎ The semantic component is 火 (火 – *hi*, meaning "fire") which indicates the element of smoke's origin. ⚫︎ The phonetic component is 坴 (pronounced *en* or *ryū*) which contributes the sound to the character. Thus, 煙 is formed by combining the meaning of "fire" with a sound element, resulting in a character that signifies something related to fire, specifically "smoke."