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Chinese symbol for “anthracite”

无烟煤
wú yān méi
Traditional: 無煙煤
anthracite

The closest CC-CEDICT match for anthracite is 无烟煤 (wú yān méi), defined as: anthracite.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
烟 yān
smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
煤 méi
carbon, charcoal, coal, coke
radical 86 ⽕ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “anthracite”

WordPinyinMeaning
白煤bái méianthracite; hard coal

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无烟煤.

WordPinyinMeaning
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
烟草 (煙草)yān cǎotobacco
香烟 (香煙)xiāng yānsmoke from incense (burned as an offering to one's ancestors); (fig.) continuation of family line; cigarette (CL:支 (zhī),条 (tiáo),根 (gēn),包
煤炭méi tàncoal

See also: Japanese symbol for “anthracite”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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