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煤

Character

煤 méi

HSK 5Character

coal, a hard black rock that people burn to make heat

Radical
火
Strokes
13
Structure
Left–right
Parts
火 某
Traditional
煤
Frequency
#2070 most common character
Practice writing

Meaning

méi

mei2
  1. coal, a hard black rock that people burn to make heat

Examples

  • 这个国家有很多煤。

    zhè ge guó jiā yǒu hěn duō méi

    This country has a lot of coal.

    AI-generated sentence

  • 火车以前用煤，现在用电。

    huǒ chē yǐ qián yòng méi xiàn zài yòng diàn

    Trains used coal in the past; now they use electricity.

    AI-generated sentence

Stroke order

All 13 strokes

Speed

Practice writing 煤

Draw “煤” here — the faint guide shows its shape.

Words with 煤

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煤气méi qìgas used for cooking food and heating homesWordHSK 5煤炭méi tàncoal, a hard black rock dug from the ground and burned for heatWordHSK 7–9煤矿méi kuànga place where people dig coal from under the groundWordHSK 7–9煤层méi cénga coal bedWord煤屑méi xiècoal dustWord煤油méi yóukeroseneWord煤渣méi zhāslackWord煤灰méi huīsootWord煤炉méi lúcoal stoveWord煤球méi qiúcharcoal briquetteWord煤田méi tiána coalfieldWord煤砖méi zhuānbriquetteWord

Same radical 火

All characters with 火 →
火huǒ烟yān煙yān灯dēng燈dēng烦fán煩fán爆bào烧shāo燒shāo炸zhà灭miè
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