煤砖 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

méizhuān

briquette

méi coal

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound.

火 Meaning component

huǒ fire

某 Sound component

mǒu certain thing or person

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mwoj	mˤə	soot; coal
Zhengzhang		mɯː

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 专 represents the sound. Simplified form of 磚.

石 Meaning component

shí stone

专 Sound component

zhuān monopolize

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 專 represents the sound.

石 Meaning component

shí stone

專 Sound component

zhuān monopolize

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	tjon