Chinese symbol for “cigarette”
卷烟
juǎn yān
Traditional: 卷煙
cigarette; cigar
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cigarette is 卷烟 (juǎn yān), defined as: cigarette; cigar.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cigarette”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烟卷 (煙捲) | yān juǎn | cigarette; cigar |
| 纸烟 (紙煙) | zhǐ yān | cigarette |
| 烟卷儿 (煙捲兒) | yān juǎn r | cigarette; measure word: 棵 (kē) |
| 蔃 | qiáng | cigarette (slang) (Cantonese) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卷烟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卷入 (捲入) | juǎn rù | to be drawn into; to be involved in |
| 席卷 (席捲) | xí juǎn | to engulf; to sweep |
| 问卷 (問卷) | wèn juàn | questionnaire; measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 试卷 (試卷) | shì juàn | examination paper; test paper |
| 龙卷风 (龍捲風) | lóng juǎn fēng | tornado; hurricane |
| 烟草 (煙草) | yān cǎo | tobacco |
| 香烟 (香煙) | xiāng yān | smoke 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 yān | variant of 抽烟 (chōu yān) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cigarette”.
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.