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CHINESE CHARACTER

煤 (méi): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

méi
carbon, charcoal, coal, coke
HSK 613 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

火

Primary radical

火 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 煤.

某

Phonetic component

某 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 13

Write 煤 in 13 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 煤

Examples using 煤

煤

煤并不一定都是黑的。

Méi bìng bù yí dìng dū shì hēi de。

Coal is not always black.

煤气

把煤气关了！

Bǎ méi qì guān le！

Turn off the gas.

煤炭

澳大利亚是世界第五大煤炭产地。

Ào dà lì yà shì shì jiè dì wǔ dà méi tàn chǎn dì。

Australia is the world's fifth-largest coal producer.

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FAQ

What does 煤 (méi) mean in Chinese?

carbon, charcoal, coal, coke

How do you write 煤 in stroke order?

煤 has 13 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 煤?

火 is the radical in 煤. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 煤?

煤 (méi): coal; 煤气 (méiqì): coal gas; gas (fuel); 煤炭 (méitàn): coal.