煤 (mui4 | mei2) : coal

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煤

mui4

mei2

coal; carbon; soot; gas

(Classifier(s): 塊, 筐, 噸)

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

煤

This word has been viewed 5475 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Feb 2011 04:43

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煤油 mui4 jau4 mei2 you2 = kerosene (UK: paraffin)

煤氣 mui4 hei3 mei2 qi4 = [1] coal gas; [2] gas

煤灰 mui4 fui1 mei2 hui1 = soot

煤氣燈 mui4 hei3 dang1 = gas light

煤氣爐 mui4 hei3 lou4 = coal gas furnace; gas stove

煤爐 mui4 lou4 = coal furnace

煤粉 mui4 fan2 mei2 fen3 = powdered or pulverized coal

煤氣罐 mui4 hei3 gun3 = gas tank

煤氣喉 mui4 hei3 hau4 mei2 qi4 hou2 = gas pipe

煤層 mui4 cang4 = a coal seam
See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 26 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 煤
Unicode code for this character: U+7164 (off-site link)

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