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The Chinese word yan - 烟 - yān
(smoke in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

yān

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English translations

smoke, tobacco, mist,
vapor

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 烟 ( yān ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
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Chinese characters ( yan / yān ) with pronunciation (English translation: smoke )
烟 ( yan / yān ) in traditional characters
煙
Character complexity
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烟 is composed of 10 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

tobacco  |  mist
烟 ( yan / yān ) belongs to the 1000 most common Chinese characters (rank 850)
Chinese example words containing the character 烟 ( yan / yān )
抽烟 ( chōuyān = to smoke ), 抽油烟机 ( chōuyóuyānjī = kitchen ventilator ), 吸烟 ( xīyān = to smoke ), 香烟 ( xiāngyān = cigarette )
Other characters that are pronounced yān in Chinese
殷 (dark red)

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