熏
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to smoke; to fumigate; to assail the nostrils; to perfume
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How 熏 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
fire
components: 灬
? unknown part
How to remember it
treat with smoke · Heisig RSH #1553
千 thousand + 黑 black
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 熏 as their sound component
These characters all use 熏 (xūn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熏 sound component | xūn | to smoke, to cure meat; vapor, smoke, fog |
| 薰 | xūn | a medicinal herb; to cauterize |
| 醺 | xūn | drunk, intoxicated |
| 獯 | xūn | barbarians; a tribe of Scythian nomads |
| 曛 | xūn | twilight; sunset |
Words containing 熏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 利欲熏心 | lì yù xūn xīn | blinded by greed (idiom) |
| 权欲熏心 | quán yù xūn xīn | obsessed by a craving for power; power-hungry |
| 臭气熏天 | chòu qì xūn tiān | overwhelming stench (idiom) |
| 烟熏眼 | yān xūn yǎn | smoky eyes look (cosmetics) |
| 香熏疗法 | xiāng xūn liáo fǎ | aromatherapy (alternative medicine) |
| 熏衣草 | xūn yī cǎo | variant of 薰衣草[xun1 yi1 cao3] |
| 熏陶成性 | xūn táo chéng xìng | (idiom) nurture makes second nature; good habits come by long assimilation |
| 熏心 | xūn xīn | (of greed, lust etc) to dominate one's thoughts |
| 熏天 | xūn tiān | overpowering (of a stench) |
| 熏风 | xūn fēng | warm south wind |
| 熏制 | xūn zhì | to smoke; to cure over a fire |
| 熏香 | xūn xiāng | incense |
| 香熏 | xiāng xūn | aroma |
| 熏肉 | xūn ròu | bacon |
| 烟熏 | yān xūn | smoke; to fumigate |
| 浊臭熏天 | zhuó chòu xūn tiān | stinks to high heaven |
| 烟熏妆 | yān xūn zhuāng | smoky-effect makeup around the eyes |
| 熏蒸剂 | xūn zhēng jì | fumigant |
| 烟熏火燎 | yān xūn huǒ liǎo | smoke and baking fire (idiom); surrounded by flames and smoke |
| 熏染 | xūn rǎn | to exert a gradual influence; to nurture; a corrupting influence |