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Chinese symbol for “smog”

烟雾
yān wù
Traditional: 煙霧
smoke; mist; vapor; smog

The closest CC-CEDICT match for smog is 烟雾 (yān wù), defined as: smoke; mist; vapor; smog; fumes.

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
雾 wù
fog, mist, vapor, fine spray
radical 173 ⾬ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “smog”

WordPinyinMeaning
尘雾 (塵霧)chén wùcloud of dust; smog
雾霾 (霧霾)wù máihaze; smog

Related words

Other words that share a character with 烟雾.

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
迷雾 (迷霧)mí wùdense fog; fig. completely misleading
喷雾 (噴霧)pēn wùmist spray; atomizing
雾气 (霧氣)wù qìfog; mist
云雾 (雲霧)yún wùclouds and mist

See also: Japanese symbol for “smog”.

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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