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Chinese symbol for “muck”

脏煤
zāng méi
Traditional: 髒煤
dirty coal; muck (from a colliery)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for muck is 脏煤 (zāng méi), defined as: dirty coal; muck (from a colliery).

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

脏 zāng
organs, viscera; dirty, filthy
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
煤 méi
carbon, charcoal, coal, coke
radical 86 ⽕ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “muck”

WordPinyinMeaning
脏土 (髒土)zāng tǔdirty soil; muck

Related words

Other words that share a character with 脏煤.

WordPinyinMeaning
心脏 (心臟)xīn zàngheart; 颗 (kē),个 (gè)
肮脏 (骯髒)āng zāngdirty; filthy; despicable
心脏病 (心臟病)xīn zàng bìngheart disease
肾脏 (腎臟)shèn zàngkidney
肝脏 (肝臟)gān zàngliver
内脏 (內臟)nèi zànginternal organs; viscera
煤炭méi tàncoal
煤矿 (煤礦)méi kuàngcoal mine; coal seam

See also: Japanese symbol for “muck”.

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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