煤 — Chinese character
煤
méi
carbon, charcoal, coal, coke
- Pinyin
- méi
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 火 某
- Formation
- pictophonetic — fire; meaning component 火; sound component 某
- Japanese
- 煤 as a kanji
Common words with 煤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煤炭 | méi tàn | coal |
| 煤矿 (煤礦) | méi kuàng | coal mine; coal seam |
| 煤气 (煤氣) | méi qì | coal gas; gas (fuel) |
| 燃煤 | rán méi | coal fuel |
| 煤油 | méi yóu | kerosene |
| 煤田 | méi tián | a coalfield |
| 原煤 | yuán méi | raw coal |
| 采煤 (採煤) | cǎi méi | coal mining; coal extraction |
| 煤层 (煤層) | méi céng | a coal bed; a coal seam |
| 煤球 | méi qiú | charcoal briquette |
| 煤层气 (煤層氣) | méi céng qì | coalbed methane |
| 褐煤 | hè méi | lignite; brown coal |
English words written with 煤
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.