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煤

méi

coal

HSK 5 · Topic “Materials and energy”
A pile of coal chunks
Memory picture

Character

煤 méi

Strokes
13
Radical
火 — fire, flame
Made of
火 fire, flame 某 some, someone
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这里有煤。 Zhèlǐ yǒu méi. There is coal here.
  • 煤很便宜。 Méi hěn piányi. Coal is very cheap.
  • 他去买煤。 Tā qù mǎi méi. He goes to buy coal.

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