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Chinese symbol for “smoker”

烟民
yān mín
Traditional: 煙民
smoker; tobacco user

The closest CC-CEDICT match for smoker is 烟民 (yān mín), defined as: smoker; tobacco user.

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
民 mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
radical 83 ⽒ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 烟民.

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
人民rén mínthe people
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group
居民jū mínresident; inhabitant

See also: Japanese symbol for “smoker”.

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.