Memory phrase for the character: 煤

煤

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Meaning coal

Pronunciation

méi

Explanation

Left: fire 火, right: a certain 某 (sweet 甘 [here: charcoal kiln], tree 木)

Mnemonic
 
Use fire, a kiln and wood, to make (char)coal.

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
某 a certain, some
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 Vocabulary

煤气 méi qì  coal gas; gas (fuel)
煤油 méi yóu  kerosene
煤矿 méi kuàng  coal mine
煤炭 méi tàn  coal
蜂窝煤 fēng wō méi  hexagonal household coal briquet
褐煤 hè méi  lignite; brown coal
煤渣 méi zhā  slack
煤渣 méi zhā  

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