JinmeiyōPre-Level 1
煤

Meaning

Kanji 煤

smoke dried

smoke dried, soot

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
すす
Onyomi 音読み
バイマイ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
13
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji
媒 • 謀 • 楳 • 禖 • 湈 • 某

Related vocabulary

11 common entries

Showing 11 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

すす払い

すすはらい

(the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning

煤

すす

soot

煤ける

すすける

to be sooty

煤煙

ばいえん

dirty smoke

煤色

すすいろ

color of soot (colour)

煤色信天翁

すすいろあほうどり

sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca)

煤色面梟

すすいろめんふくろう

sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa)

煤塵

ばいじん

dust and soot

煤掃き

すすはき

sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year)

煤竹

すすたけ

bamboo duster (with the leaves still attached at one end)

松煤

しょうばい

soot of burnt pine

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

壁は煤で真っ黒だ。

the wall is pitch black with soot.

煙突の中は煤だらけだ。

the inside of the chimney is covered in soot.

煤を払う必要があります。

it is necessary to sweep away the soot.

彼は煤で顔を汚した。

he stained his face with soot.

煤けたランプが机にある。

there is a sooty lamp on the desk.