菸 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yān, yū

to fade

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 於 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

於 Sound component

yú, yū, wū

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yān

to fade; withered or dried leaves; tobacco (used for U+70DF 烟 and U+7159 煙); variant of 煙|烟[yān]; cigarette; tobacco; smoke

yū

to wither; dried leaves; faded; withered

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5157th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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