Japanese symbol for “smoked”
燻製
くんせい
Romaji: kunsei
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.)
In Japanese, smoked is 燻製, read くんせい (kunsei).
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Meanings
- n smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.)
- adj-no smoked
Written forms: 燻製、薫製、くん製、熏製. Readings: くんせい.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “smoked”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| スモーク | スモーク sumooku | smoked (salmon, cheese, etc.) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燻蒸 | くんじょう kunjou | fumigation; smoking (out) |
| 燻し | いぶし ibushi | smoking (of meat); fumigation; oxidation (of metal) |
| 燻る | くすぶる kusuburu | to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder |
| 燻す | いぶす ibusu | to smoke (something); to fumigate |
| 燻らす | くゆらす kuyurasu | to smoke (e.g. a pipe); to puff (a cigarette); to burn (incense) |
| 製品 | せいひん seihin | manufactured goods; finished goods; product |
| 製造 | せいぞう seizou | manufacture; production |
| 製作 | せいさく seisaku | manufacture; production |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.