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Chinese symbol for “chimney”

烟囱
yān cōng
Traditional: 煙囪
chimney; smokestack; stovepipe

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chimney is 烟囱 (yān cōng), defined as: chimney; smokestack; stovepipe.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

烟 yān
smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
囱 cōng
chimney
radical 31 ⼞ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “chimney”

WordPinyinMeaning
烟筒 (煙筒)yān tongchimney; stovepipe
熜cōngchimney (old)
囱 (囪)cōng(bound form) chimney
烟突 (煙突)yān tūchimney

Related words

Other words that share a character with 烟囱.

WordPinyinMeaning
烟草 (煙草)yān cǎotobacco
香烟 (香煙)xiāng yānsmoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包
抽烟 (抽煙)chōu yānvariant of 抽烟 (chōu yān)
吸烟 (吸煙)xī yānto smoke
深海烟囱 (深海煙囪)shēn hǎi yān cōngsee 海底热泉 (hǎi dǐ rè quán)

See also: Japanese symbol for “chimney”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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