煤

13 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

soot, smoke dried

Kun'yomi
  • すす
    		soot
On'yomi
  • バイ
  • マイ

Main Radical

火(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

すす 90.5%
バイ 9.5%

Character Breakdown

soot, smoke dried
すす　バイ　マイ (Kentei Pre-1)
fire
ひ　カ　ほ- (1st, N5)
to divide
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
so-and-so, one, a certain
ボウ　それがし　なにがし (8th, N1)
sweet, coax, pamper
あま.い　カン　うま.い (7th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)

Common Words

すす
煤
　
け
　
る
to be sooty
ばい
煤
えん
煙
dirty smoke
すす
煤
いろ
色
color of soot (color)
すす
煤
たけ
竹
soot-colored bamboo (colored) ②bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)
すす
煤
は
掃
　
き
sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year)
しょう
松
ばい
煤
soot of burnt pine
ばい
煤
じん
塵
dust and soot
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References

Unicode hex code 7164
JIS X 0208 1-39-65
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2781
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3452
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 1292
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 935
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2541
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2600
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19220
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4d9.6
Four corner code 9489.4