noun
cut-up charcoal; charcoal pieces
Refers to charcoal that has been cut into smaller, usable pieces, often for cooking or heating.
七輪で焼き鳥を焼くために、切り炭を用意した。
I prepared cut-up charcoal to grill yakitori on the shichirin.
Compound of 切り (kiri, 'cutting') + 炭 (zumi, 'charcoal'). The reading zumi is a rendaku form of 炭 (sumi).