熏 — Chinese character
熏
xūn
to smoke, to cure meat; vapor, smoke, fog
- Pinyin
- xūn
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 灬
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 灬
- Japanese
- 熏 as a kanji
Common words with 熏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熏陶 (薰陶) | xūn táo | to seep in; to influence |
| 烟熏 (煙燻) | yān xūn | smoke; to fumigate |
| 熏肉 (燻肉) | xūn ròu | bacon |
| 熏蒸 (燻蒸) | xūn zhēng | (of sultry weather) to be stifling; (TCM) to treat a disease with fumes generated by burning medicinal herbs or with steam generated by boiling herbs |
| 利欲熏心 (利慾薰心) | lì yù xūn xīn | blinded by greed (idiom) |
| 熏染 | xūn rǎn | to exert a gradual influence; to nurture |
| 熏香 | xūn xiāng | incense |
| 熏制 (熏製) | xūn zhì | to smoke; to cure over a fire |
| 臭气熏天 (臭氣熏天) | chòu qì xūn tiān | overwhelming stench (idiom) |
| 熏衣草 | xūn yī cǎo | variant of 薰衣草 (xūn yī cǎo) |
| 香熏 (香燻) | xiāng xūn | aroma |
| 熏心 (薰心) | xūn xīn | (of greed, lust etc) to dominate one's thoughts |
English words written with 熏
熏 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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