Japanese symbol for “smoking”
喫煙
きつえん
Romaji: kitsuen
smoking (tobacco)
In Japanese, smoking is 喫煙, read きつえん (kitsuen).
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.
Meanings
- n, vi, vs smoking (tobacco)
Written forms: 喫煙、喫烟. Readings: きつえん.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “smoking”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 燻し | いぶし ibushi | smoking (of meat); fumigation; oxidation (of metal) |
| 燻製 | くんせい kunsei | smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.) |
| スモーキング | スモーキング sumookingu | smoking |
| 燻蒸 | くんじょう kunjou | fumigation; smoking (out) |
| 吸煙 | きゅうえん kyuuen | smoking |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喫茶店 | きっさてん kissaten | coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge |
| 満喫 | まんきつ mankitsu | having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content |
| 喫茶 | きっさ kissa | tea drinking |
| 喫する | きっする kissuru | to eat; to drink; to smoke |
| 喫緊 | きっきん kikkin | urgent; pressing; exigent |
| 禁煙 | きんえん kin'en | abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking |
| 煙草 | タバコ tabako | tobacco; cigarette; cigar |
| 煙突 | えんとつ entotsu | chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship) |
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