Chinese symbol for “soot”
油烟
yóu yān
Traditional: 油煙
soot; lampblack
The closest CC-CEDICT match for soot is 油烟 (yóu yān), defined as: soot; lampblack.
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 “soot”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 油烟.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 加油 | jiā yóu | to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas |
| 汽油 | qì yóu | gasoline |
| 原油 | yuán yóu | crude oil |
| 柴油机 (柴油機) | chái yóu jī | diesel engine |
| 油价 (油價) | yóu jià | oil (petroleum) price |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “soot”.
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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