煤 — kanji meaning “soot”
煤
soot, smoke dried
- Meanings
- soot, smoke dried
- On'yomi
- バイ (bai)、マイ (mai)
- Kun'yomi
- すす
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- méi — Chinese character page
Words with 煤
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 煤煙 | ばいえん baien | dirty smoke; soot and smoke |
| 煤竹 | すすたけ susutake | soot-colored bamboo (coloured) |
| 煤塵 | ばいじん baijin | dust and soot; particulate matter |
| 煤ける | すすける susukeru | to be sooty; to be stained |
| 松煤 | しょうばい shoubai | soot of burnt pine |
| 煤色 | すすいろ susuiro | color of soot (colour) |
| 煤掃き | すすはき susuhaki | sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) |
| 煤色面梟 | すすいろめんふくろう susuiromenfukurou | sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa); greater sooty owl |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.