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煤 = 某 + 火

煤 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “soot”. It is built from 某 (so-and-so) and 火 (fire). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2600.

Keyword
soot
RTK frame
2600
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
バイ, マイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
すす
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
сажа
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
煤 coal

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 某 so-and-so
  2. 火 fire

How to find 煤 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “so-and-so” + “fire”. 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.