# 煙 — smoke

煙 means “smoke”. It is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 13 strokes. On'yomi: エン (en). Kun'yomi: けむり (kemuri), けむ(る) (kemuru). You'll see it in words such as 煙 (kemuri, “smoke; fumes”).

- Meaning: smoke
- On'yomi: エン (en)
- Kun'yomi: けむり (kemuri), けむ(る) (kemuru)
- Strokes: 13
- Level: JLPT N2 · set Fire & light

## How to remember 煙

Parts: 火 fire · 覀 cover · 土 earth

## Words with 煙

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 煙 | けむり (kemuri) | smoke; fumes |
| 煙い | けむい (kemui) | smoky |
| 煙る | けむる (kemuru) | to smoke; to billow smoke |

## More in the “Fire & light” set

[熱](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/heat/) · [燃](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/burn/) · [焼](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/bake/) · [照](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/shine/) · [煙](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/smoke/) · [灯](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/lamp/) · [灰](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/ash/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/smoke/. Last updated 2026-11-01.