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煤
méi
1. coal
2. CL:[[塊|块<kuài>]]
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

煤
méi
carbon, charcoal, coal, coke
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

元煤
yuánméi
variant of [[原煤<yuánméi>]]
原煤
yuánméi
raw coal
块煤
kuàiméi
lump coal
采煤
cǎiméi
coal mining
末煤
mòméi
slack coal (final poor quality coal)
气煤
qìméi
gas coal
泥煤
níméi
peat
煤屑
méixiè
cinder
煤层
méicéng
a coal bed
煤气
méiqì
coal gas
煤油
méiyóu
kerosene
煤渣
méizhā
slack
煤灰
méihuī
soot
煤炭
méitàn
coal
HSK 5
煤球
méiqiú
charcoal briquette
煤田
méitián
a coalfield
煤矿
méikuàng
coal mine
煤箱
méixiāng
coal box
燃煤
ránméi
coal fuel
烧煤
shāoméi
to burn coal

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,739
Word Frequency Rank
5,571 of 84,292

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