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Kanji Detail for 煤 - "soot, coal"

煤

  • Meaning

    煤 means "soot, coal."

    1. Soot - Black powder from smoke.

    2. Coal - A combustible rock used for fuel.

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    • Verified meaning: soot, coal
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    soot; smoke dried

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    coal, coke, charcoal, carbon

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    coal; CL:塊|块[kuai4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    carbon, charcoal, coal, coke

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A combustible mineral. Ancient plants buried underground decomposed to become carbon. Black in color, hard as stone. Also called 石炭 (stone coal). | Soot and dust condensed on roofs is called 煤炭.

  • Onyomi

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    bai(バイ) バイ

    mai(マイ) マイ

  • Kunyomi

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    susu(すす) すす

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    火 灬 (hi・hihen・rekka・renga)

  • Related Keywords

    soot coal smoky ash black carbon chimney cinder combustion dirty fuel furnace grime particulate pollution residue smoke

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