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méi

carbon, charcoal, coal, coke

🔤 Pictophonetic: 火 (fire) provides meaning, 某 provides pronunciation

HSK 5 13 strokes Common (18%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

火

huǒ

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

某

mǒu

some, someone; a certain thing or person

⿰火某 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

huǒ

火

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

📷 Pictographic: Flames

4 strokes HSK 2

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

rén

人

man, person; people

📷 Pictographic: The legs of a human being

2 strokes HSK 1

mǒu

某

some, someone; a certain thing or person

💡 Ideographic: The sweet 甘 fruit of a certain tree 木

9 strokes HSK 5

gān

甘

sweet, tasty; willing

💡 Ideographic: Picture of a tongue with 一 marking the sweet spot

5 strokes HSK 6

niàn

卄

twenty, twentieth

💡 Ideographic: Two tens 十 side by side

3 strokes

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 煤 (36)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

coal / CL:[[塊|块<kuài>]]

méi

煤 ↗

coal / CL:[[塊|块<kuài>]]

a coal bed / a coal seam

méicéng

煤层 ↗

a coal bed / a coal seam

coal gas / gas (fuel)

méiqì

煤气 ↗

coal gas / gas (fuel)

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