懂中文 Dong Chinese

菸

yān, yū

to fade

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 於 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

於 sound component

於  Sound component

yú, yū, wū

  

in

Evolution

菸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
菸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

菸  

yān

to fade; withered or dried leaves; tobacco (used for U+70DF 烟 and U+7159 煙); variant of 煙|烟[yān]; cigarette; tobacco; smoke

菸  

yū

to wither; dried leaves; faded; withered