人烟

sign of human habitation

Characters and words in 人烟

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

ya̅n = y + an1

cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

烟 = 因 + 火 : Maud Younger (y) is giving René Descartes (因) fire (火) for his tobacco (烟) pipe in front of the anthill (an1).

Words with 人烟

desolate and uninhabited (idiom)

no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate

remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted / God-forsaken

dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted / God-forsaken

uninhabited

Sentences with 人烟

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