煤 = 火 + 某

煤 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “coal”. It is built from 火 (fire) and 某 (certain thing or person).

Keyword: coal
Pinyin (Mandarin): méi
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: coal, coke, charcoal, carbon, кокс, углерод, уголь, coke, charcoal, carbon
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 煤 soot

Decomposition

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火 fire
某 certain thing or person

How to find 煤 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “fire” + “certain thing or person”. 煤 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 煤 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.