煤
coal; CL:塊|块[kuai4]
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How 煤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
火 (semantic, “fire”) + 某 (phonetic, mǒu)
How to remember it
coal · Heisig RSH #2733
火 fire + 某 such and such
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 某
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 某 (mǒu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 某 sound component | mǒu | some, someone; a certain thing or person |
| 谋 | móu | to plan, to scheme; strategem |
| 媒 | méi | go-between, matchmaker; medium |
Words containing 煤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 采煤工作面 | cǎi méi gōng zuò miàn | (mining) coalface |
| 煤制气 | méi zhì qì | coal gasification |
| 煤山雀 | méi shān què | (bird species of China) coal tit (Periparus ater) |
| 煤制油 | méi zhì yóu | coal liquefaction |
| 煤层气 | méi céng qì | coalbed methane |
| 无烟煤 | wú yān méi | anthracite |
| 有烟煤 | yǒu yān méi | smokey coal |
| 黑煤玉 | hēi méi yù | jet |
| 纸煤儿 | zhǐ méi r | paper taper used to light cigarette etc |
| 白煤 | bái méi | anthracite; hard coal; white coal; waterpower |
| 气煤 | qì méi | gas coal |
| 煤气 | méi qì | coal gas; gas (fuel) |
| 黑煤 | hēi méi | black coal |
| 煤球 | méi qiú | charcoal briquette |
| 煤油 | méi yóu | kerosene |
| 原煤 | yuán méi | raw coal |
| 元煤 | yuán méi | variant of 原煤[yuan2 mei2] |
| 煤层 | méi céng | a coal bed; a coal seam |
| 煤田 | méi tián | a coalfield |
| 煤灰 | méi huī | soot |