燻 (xūn) — (noun) smoke; fumigation; smoking (as a food preservation process)

Definition

燻 is the smoking/curing of food, distinct from 烟 (smoke itself) and from 烤 (roasting/grilling over dry heat).

noun
smokefumigationsmoking (as a food preservation process)

Examples

  • 燻。
    Yān xūn shì yì zhǒng gǔ lǎo de shí pǐn bǎo cún fāng fǎ.
    Smoking is an ancient method of food preservation.
  • 燻。
    Chú fáng lǐ mí màn zhe xūn de wèi dào.
    The kitchen was filled with the smell of smoking.
  • 燻。
    Zhè zhǒng yú jīng guò xūn chǔ lǐ hòu wèi dào gèng hǎo.
    This kind of fish tastes better after being processed by smoking.

Origin

Sound + meaning
六书liùshū
形声xíngshēng

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
火火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
熏
Same sound today

燻 combines 火, showing fire, with 熏, which provides the pronunciation.

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