entries → 煙
TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
煙 character · B1 (est.)
煙 ＝ 火 ＋ 因
ㄧㄢ · yān
noun — smoke; tobacco

字源 FORM — what the parts do

火義fire
因聲yīn — gives the sounda mat with a person lying on it
Fyīn → yān — the ending opens from in to an
Fire (火) sends up its grey breath — smoke. 因 yīn carries the sound, the ending opened from in to an. From rising smoke comes the leaf you burn for it: 煙霧、香煙、抽煙.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

火（火）一點起來，一縷灰氣裊裊往上爬——煙。
The fire (火) catches, and a thread of grey breath winds upward — smoke.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)煙霧— smoke, mist常用
→香煙、抽煙— cigarette; to smoke
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
烟yānthe variant — 烟 sets 火 the same, 因 unchanged; both write the smoke因yīnthe phonetic alone — the mat-and-person, no fire yet