TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
菸
菸 ＝ 艸 ＋ 於
ㄧㄢ · yān
noun — tobacco; a cigarette
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艸義grass, plant (the grass radical 艹)the 艹 cap — tobacco is a plant
Fyū → yān — the final shifts
A plant under the grass cap (艹) — the tobacco leaf, dried and smoked. 於 lends the sound, the final settling to yān. In Taiwan this is the 菸 of 香菸 a cigarette, 菸草 tobacco, 菸酒 tobacco and drink.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
草字頭（艹）下的一片葉子，曬乾捲起來抽——那是菸。
A leaf under the grass cap (艹), dried and rolled to be smoked — that is 菸, tobacco.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)菸、香菸— tobacco; a cigarette常用
→菸草、菸酒— tobacco (the plant); tobacco and drink
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension