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煤 [méi] (noun)
1. A black or black-brown mineral formed from ancient plants that were buried underground and underwent metamorphosis due to high temperature and pressure for a long time under conditions of insufficient air: coal mines, coal fields, coal seams, coal gas, coal tar, coal essence.
2. (Regional) The black ash condensed from smoke, which is the main raw material for ink production: soot, pine soot (pine smoke).
本义: 烟尘 (Original Meaning: soot)
造字法: 形声。从火,某声 (Character Formation: phonetic compound - from fire and a certain sound)
1. 同本义 ([En.] soot).
Example: 煤尾 (The smoke dust in a house). Also refers to the soot used for ink making.
Citation: Song Dynasty, Shen Kuo's "Mengxi Bitan": "Try to sweep the soot to make ink, dark and shiny like lacquer, it's pine ink."
2. 指墨 ([En.] ink).
Citation: Song Dynasty, Lu You's "Lao Xue An Bi Ji": "The official wants to set up an ink stove in the garden, using nine-li pine from West Lake to make soot."
3. 灯芯的余烬,即灯花 ([En.] snuff).
Example: 煤火 (The flame produced when coal burns).
4. 煤炭,一种黑色固体矿物 ([En.] coal).
Example: 煤毒 (coal gas); 煤炸 (small coal pieces); 煤掌 (working face in a coal mine); 煤气灶 (a stove using gas fuel).
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