Chinese symbol for “coal”
煤
méi
coal; 块 (kuài)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coal is 煤 (méi), defined as: coal; 块 (kuài).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “coal”
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “coal”.
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.