méi

coal

CL:塊|块[kuai4]

fire (火) + sound (某) = coal

火 anchors the meaning: coal is the fire-giving rock. 某 is there for the sound méi, not for sense.

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FireSemantic

冬天我们家用取暖。

dōng tiān wǒ men jiā yòng méi qǔ nuǎn。

In winter our family uses coal to keep warm.

这个地区的储量非常丰富。

zhè ge dì qū de méi chǔ liàng fēi cháng fēng fù。

The coal reserves in this region are very abundant.

Words with 煤

脏煤

zāng méi

dirty coal; muck (from a colliery)

黑煤

hēi méi

black coal

黑煤玉

hēi méi yù

jet

元煤

yuán méi

variant of 原煤[yuan2 mei2]

原煤

yuán méi

raw coal

块煤

kuài méi

lump coal

采煤

cǎi méi

coal mining

采煤工作面

cǎi méi gōng zuò miàn

(mining) coalface

攉煤机

huō méi jī

coal-shovel machine

泥煤

ní méi

peat

有烟煤

yǒu yān méi

smokey coal

末煤

mò méi

slack coal (final poor quality coal)

More characters with 火